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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Relapsing \Re*laps"ing\, a.
Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a
former worse state.
[1913 Webster]
Relapsing fever (Med.), an acute, epidemic, contagious
fever, which prevails also endemically in Ireland, Russia,
and some other regions. It is marked by one or two
remissions of the fever, by articular and muscular pains,
and by the presence, during the paroxism of spiral
bacterium ({Spiroch[ae]te) in the blood. It is not
usually fatal. Called also famine fever, and recurring
fever.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Relapsing \Re*laps"ing\, a.
Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a
former worse state.
Relapsing fever (Med.), an acute, epidemic, contagious
fever, which prevails also endemically in Ireland, Russia,
and some other regions. It is marked by one or two
remissions of the fever, by articular and muscular pains,
and by the presence, during the paroxism of spiral
bacterium ({Spiroch[ae]te) in the blood. It is not
usually fatal. Called also famine fever, and recurring
fever.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
relapsing fever
n : 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 [syn: recurrent fever]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
relapsing fever
n.
(lb en pathology) an infection caused by certain bacteria of the
genus ''Borrelia'', transmitted by louse and ticks
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
relapsing fever
n.
(lb en pathology) an infection caused by certain bacteria of the
genus ''Borrelia'', transmitted by louse and ticks
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
relapsing fever
n.
(lb en pathology) an infection caused by certain bacteria of the
genus ''Borrelia'', transmitted by louse and ticks
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
relapsing fever
n.
(lb en pathology) an infection caused by certain bacteria of the
genus ''Borrelia'', transmitted by louse and ticks
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