HyperDic: relapsing_fever

English > 1 sense of the expression relapsing fever:
NOUNstaterelapsing fever, recurrent fevermarked by recurring high fever and transmitted by the bite of infected lice or ticks
English > relapsing fever: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaningmarked 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.
Synonymrecurrent fever
Broaderinfectious diseaseA disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
Spanishfiebre recurrente, tifus recurrente

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