relapsing fever

re·laps·ing fever (r-lpsng)

n.

Any of several infectious diseases characterized by chills and fever and caused by spirochetes transmitted by lice and ticks. Also called recurrent fever.

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Noun

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relapsing fever - marked by recurring high fever and transmitted by the bite of infected lice or ticks; characterized by episodes of high fever and chills and headache and muscle pain and nausea that recur every week or ten days for several months recurrent fever infectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact