Term: relapsing fever: 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
Broader: infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact | Unrelated: hagberry: small cherry much liked by birds
Broader: infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact | Unrelated: allspice tree: tropical American tree having small white flowers and aromatic berries
Broader: infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact | Unrelated: chute: sloping channel through which things can descend
Broader: infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact | Unrelated: aging: the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
Broader: infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact | Unrelated: foul play: unfair or dishonest behavior (especially involving violence)
Broader: infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact | Unrelated: garden huckleberry: improved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berries
Broader: infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact | Unrelated: secondary emission: the emission of electrons from a surface that is bombarded by higher energy primary electrons
Broader: infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact | Unrelated: sauria: true lizards; including chameleons and geckos
Broader: infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact | Unrelated: featherbedding: the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required
Broader: infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact | Unrelated: twiner: someone who intertwines (e.g. threads) or forms something by twisting or interlacing