- The act or the state of intermitting; the state of
being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance. - Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time;
an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an
intermission of ten minutes. - The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the
space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an
entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of
fever. - Intervention; interposition.
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