| bilious typhoid of Griesinger | An acute infection characterised by recurrent episodes of pyrexia alternating with asymptomatic intervals of apparent recovery. This condition has worldwide distribution and is caused by spirochetes of the genus borrelia. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Griesinger's disease | Bilious typhoid of Griesinger, a severe form of louse-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia recurrentis and causing high fever, epistaxis, dyspnea, intense jaundice, purpura, and splenomegaly. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Griesinger's sign | <clinical sign> Erythema and oedema over the posterior mastoid process resulting from septic thrombosis of the mastoid emissary vein and thrombophlebitis of the sigmoid sinus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Griesinger's symptom | Oedema of the superficial tissues at the tip of the mastoid process in cases of thrombosis of the sigmoid sinus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Griesinger, Wilhelm | <person> German neurologist, 1817-1868. See: Griesinger's disease, Griesinger's symptom, bilious typhoid of Griesinger. (05 Mar 2000) |