relapsing fever

re·laps·ing fever

(rĭ-lăp′sĭng)

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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relapsing fever

n

(Pathology) any of various infectious diseases characterized by recurring fever, caused by the bite of body lice or ticks infected with spirochaetes of the genus Borrelia. Also called: recurrent fever

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relaps′ing fe′ver

n.

one of a group of tropical fevers characterized by relapses, caused by spirochetes of the genus Borrelia and spread by ticks and lice.

[1840–50]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

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Translations

re·lap·sing fe·ver

n. fiebre recurrente.

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