relapsing fever

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noun Pathology.

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.

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Also called recurrent fever.

Origin of relapsing fever

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby relapsing fever

rekt, -rel, reladle, re-laid, relapse, relapsing fever, relapsing polychondritis, relata, relatability, relatable, relate

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How to use relapsing fever in a sentence

Besides, victory fever had spread like wildfire throughout the Allied armies.
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The longer someone stays well, the lower their chance of relapsing, although that possibility never becomes zero.
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The sets—which, really, were a feat of design and direction—appeared to be remnants of a Lewis Carroll fever dream.
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Future lives, careers and attitudes were being determined in this lightly regulated fever.
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Spirits in Stanleyville were high, and a local 19-year-old was emboldened by independence fever.
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Day by day these fretting anxieties and perplexities wasted her strength, and her fever grew higher and higher.
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Père Bracasse was ill, suffering from rheumatism, bronchitis, fever and corns.
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When Stanhope entered to him, he found his guest lying on a sofa, in a high state of fever, both from his wounds and agitation.
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If the fever ends by crisis, the crisis is accompanied by a rapid and striking increase.
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The spirillum of relapsing fever can be identified by the method for the malarial parasite in fresh blood.
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British Dictionary definitions for relapsing fever

relapsing fever

noun

any of various infectious diseases characterized by recurring fever, caused by the bite of body lice or ticks infected with spirochaetes of the genus BorreliaAlso called: recurrent fever

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Medical definitions for relapsing fever

relapsing fever

[ rĭ-lăp′sĭng ]

An acute infectious disease caused by a strain of Borrelia transmitted by lice or ticks and marked by recurring febrile attacks lasting about six days and separated from one other by apyretic intervals of about the same length.recurrent fever