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| angina pectoris |
severe recurrent pain in the chest caused by a sudden decrease in the amount of blood flowing to the heart muscle. |
| behavioral science |
a social science such as psychology, anthropology, or sociology that examines the way humans act as individuals or in groups, often to reveal recurrent patterns or general truths. |
| estrus |
the recurrent period of heat or sexual excitement in female mammals, during which the female will mate with the male. |
| fixed |
decisively arranged; predictably recurrent. [1/5 definitions] |
| leitmotif |
a recurrent theme in a musical piece or literary work that is associated with a particular character, thing, or situation. |
| perennial |
continual or recurrent. [1/4 definitions] |
| ratbite fever |
either of two infectious diseases transmitted by the bites of rats or other animals, one characterized by inflammation, back and joint pains, headache, and vomiting, and the other by a purplish rash, recurrent fever, and ulceration near the bite. |
| REM sleep |
a recurrent phase of sleep, characterized by rapid side-to-side eye movement, dreaming, and inhibition of muscle movement. |
| tertian |
occurring every third or every other day, as a recurrent fever or the disease causing it, such as malaria. |
| tick1 |
a recurrent small sharp clicking sound, esp. that of a clock or timing mechanism. [1/7 definitions] |
| trench fever |
an infectious type of rickets characterized by muscle pains and recurrent fever, and transmitted by body lice. |
| undulant fever |
a persistent and recurrent fever, accompanied by weakness and joint pains, and caused by contact with domestic animals and their products, esp. meat and milk; brucellosis. |
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