noun
Medical term for a fever that recurs at intervals, such as in malaria or certain infections.
マラリアの症状として間欠熱が現れることがある。
Intermittent fever can appear as a symptom of malaria.
Standard modern kanji spelling for intermittent fever.
Older kanji form using 歇; still encountered in historical medical texts.
発熱 is a general term for fever or developing a fever, while 間欠熱 specifically refers to a fever that comes and goes at intervals.
Compound of 間欠 (intermittent) and 熱 (fever). The spelling 間歇熱 uses the older form of 間欠.