Recurrent fever Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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.

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Definitions
  1. . (Med.) See Relapsing fever, under Relapsing.

Webster 1913