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Relapsing fever
noun
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Noun
- 1 An infection caused by certain bacteria of the genus Borrelia, transmitted by lice and ticks. uncountable
- 2 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 wordnet
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