relapsing fever

English

Noun

relapsing fever (uncountable)

1. (pathology) An infection caused by certain bacteria of the genus Borrelia, transmitted by lice and ticks.

Synonyms

• typhinia

Derived terms

• Dutton's relapsing fever
• Persian relapsing fever

Translations

type of infection

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 回歸熱／回归热 (zh) (huíguīrè)

• Finnish: toisintokuume (fi)