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Noun: relapsing fever
  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
    - recurrent fever

Derived forms: relapsing fevers

Type of: infectious disease

Encyclopedia: Relapsing fever

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