What does relapsing fever mean?
• RELAPSING FEVER (noun) The noun RELAPSING FEVER has 1 sense: 1. 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 Familiarity information: RELAPSING FEVER used as a noun is very rare.