re|laps|ing fever

re|laps|ing fever
re|laps|ing fever «rih LAP sihng»,
any one of several infectious diseases characterized by recurrent episodes of chills, fever, and neuromuscular pain, and caused by spirochetes transmitted by lice or ticks.

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