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Noun: recurrent fever  ri'kú-runt 'fee-vu(r)
  1. 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
    - relapsing fever

Derived forms: recurrent fevers

Type of: infectious disease

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