a relapsing disease

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• Relapsing polychondritis — Classification and external resources ICD 10 M94.1 ICD 9 733.99 …   Wikipedia

• relapsing fever — n any of several forms of an acute epidemic infectious disease marked by sudden recurring paroxysms of high fever lasting from five to seven days, articular and muscular pains, and a sudden crisis and caused by a spirochete of the genus Borrelia… …   Medical dictionary

• Disease surveillance — is an epidemiological practice by which the spread of disease is monitored in order to establish patterns of progression. The main role of disease surveillance is to predict, observe, and minimize the harm caused by outbreak, epidemic, and… …   Wikipedia

• relapsing polychondritis — n a connective tissue disease esp. of cartilage that is characterized usu. by recurrent progressively destructive episodes of tissue inflammation (as of the ears, nose, larynx, trachea, eyes, joints, kidney, or heart) and that is inferred to have …   Medical dictionary

• relapsing febrile nodular nonsuppurative panniculitis — relapsing febrile nodular non·sup·pu·ra·tive panniculitis .nän səp yə rət iv , .rāt n PANNICULITIS (2) * * * a type of predominantly lobular panniculitis seen on the lower limbs and trunk, characterized by recurrent fever with single or multiple …   Medical dictionary

• Relapsing fever — | MeshID = D012061 Relapsing fever is an infection caused by certain bacteria in the genus Borrelia .cite journal |author=Schwan T |title=Ticks and Borrelia: model systems for investigating pathogen arthropod interactions |journal=Infect Agents… …   Wikipedia

• relapsing fever — Pathol. one of a group of fevers characterized by relapses, occurring in many tropical countries, and caused by several species of spirochetes transmitted by several species of lice and ticks. Also called recurrent fever. [1840 50] * * *… …   Universalium

• Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… …   Medical dictionary

• disease — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Condition of ill health Nouns 1. disease, illness, sickness, ailment, ailing; morbidity, infirmity, ailment, indisposition; complaint, disorder, malady; functional disorder. 2. condition, affliction,… …   English dictionary for students

• relapsing — Recurring; said of a disease or its manifestations that returns in a new attack after an interval of improvement. * * * re·laps·ing (rə lapґsing) (reґlap sing) recurrent; denoting an illness that is characterized by periods of remission… …   Medical dictionary

• relapsing fever —    One type of Borreliosis, caused by various species of Borrelia spirochaetes carried by several species of tick. Related to Lyme disease, but less chronic and milder. An occupational disease of some cavers in Texas who come in contact with the… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology