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recurrent fever

recurrent fever

7.5
A disease that causes repeated high fevers with chills, headaches, and muscle pain often from lice or tick bites
  • noun
  • /rɪˈkɜr.ənt ˈfiː.vər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : fiebre recurrente
  • In humans, brucellosis can cause recurrent fever, night sweats, joint and back pain, other influenza-like symptoms, and arthritis.

Examples

  • The patient was diagnosed with recurrent fever after several episodes of high temperature and severe chills.

  • She experienced recurrent fever that left her exhausted and in need of frequent medical attention.

  • Doctors warned that untreated recurrent fever could lead to serious complications and prolonged illness.

Synonyms

relapsing fever
vsrecurrent fever
  • Specialized
1 7.3

A disease that causes repeated high fevers and chills and spreads by lice or ticks

has identical meaning but uses a different common name

Surface Forms

recurrent fever singular
recurrent fevers plural

Morphology

recurrent + fever

The phrase 'recurrent fever' is directly and compositionally derived from 'recurrent' (happening again and again) + 'fever' (high body temperature); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it means fever that returns repeatedly. This pattern is a straightforward adjective + noun combination common cross-linguistically, so the medical nuances do not prevent basic understanding of the core meaning.

Etymology

Recurrent fever literally names the problem: recurrent means 'coming back' and fever is a high body temperature, so it describes a high temperature that returns again and again.