relapsing fever


nounPathology.
  1. one of a group of fevers characterized by relapses, occurring in many tropical countries, and caused by several species of spirochetes transmitted by several species of lice and ticks.

Origin of relapsing fever

1
First recorded in 1840–50
  • Also called recurrent fever.

Words Nearby relapsing fever

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How to use relapsing fever in a sentence

  • The spirillum of relapsing fever can be identified by the method for the malarial parasite in fresh blood.

    A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
  • However, the relapsing fever had very probably increased, if not started, the cardiac trouble which eventually caused his death.

  • In 1881, during relapsing fever, I had severe cardiac intermittence, very fatiguing and only relieved by small doses of digitalin.

  • He himself thought they went back at least to 1881, when he had had a very grave relapsing fever.

  • The bedbug (Fig. 35) (Cimex lectularis) has been accused of transmitting plague, relapsing fever and other diseases.

    Insects and Diseases | Rennie W. Doane

British Dictionary definitions for relapsing fever

relapsing fever

noun
  1. 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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