- recurrent fever
- recurrent fever n RELAPSING FEVER
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1. a paroxysmal fever that recurs, seen in diseases such as malaria, meningococcemia, rat-bite fever, and tularemia. 2. relapsing f.
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Recurrent fever — Recurrent Re*cur rent ( rent), a. [L. recurrens, entis, p. pr. of recurrere: cf.F. r[ e]current. See {Recur}.] 1. Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) Running back toward its origin; as, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
recurrent fever — 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 • Syn:… … Useful english dictionary
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Hyperimmunoglobulinemia D with recurrent fever — (commonly abbreviated as HIDS) is a periodic fever syndrome originally described in 1984 by the internist Prof. Jos van der Meer, then at Leiden University Medical Centre. No more than 300 cases have been described worldwide.FeaturesHIDS is one… … Wikipedia
Recurrent — Re*cur rent ( rent), a. [L. recurrens, entis, p. pr. of recurrere: cf.F. r[ e]current. See {Recur}.] 1. Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Recurrent pulse — Recurrent Re*cur rent ( rent), a. [L. recurrens, entis, p. pr. of recurrere: cf.F. r[ e]current. See {Recur}.] 1. Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) Running back toward its origin; as, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Recurrent sensibility — Recurrent Re*cur rent ( rent), a. [L. recurrens, entis, p. pr. of recurrere: cf.F. r[ e]current. See {Recur}.] 1. Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) Running back toward its origin; as, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Recurrent — Back again. A recurrent fever is a fever that has returned after an intermission: a recrudescent fever. * * * 1. In anatomy, turning back on itself. 2. Denoting symptoms or lesions reappearing after an intermission or remission. * * * re·cur·rent … Medical dictionary
Fever blister — A small sore situated on the face or in the mouth that causes pain, burning, or itching before bursting and crusting over. The favorite locations are on the lips, chin or cheeks and in the nostrils. Less frequented sites are the gums or roof of… … Medical dictionary
récurrent — récurrent, ente [ rekyrɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • 1541; du lat. recurrens « qui revient en arrière » 1 ♦ Anat. Se dit d un nerf, d un vaisseau qui revient en arrière au lieu de prolonger le tronc d où il tire son origine. 2 ♦ Méd. Fièvre récurrente :… … Encyclopédie Universelle
