relapsing fever

1. 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

   Synonymsrecurrent fever

   Broaderinfectious disease

Questions about relapsing fever

What does relapsing fever mean?

relapsing fever means "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".

What is another word for relapsing fever?

Close synonyms include recurrent fever. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.