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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

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Noun

1. mountain fever, rocky mountain spotted fever, tick fever

caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood ticks

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

see synonyms of rocky mountain spotted fever
noun
an acute rickettsial disease characterized by high fever, chills, pain in muscles and joints, skin rash, etc. It is caused by the bite of a tick infected with the microorganism Rickettsia rickettsii

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

see synonyms of rocky mountain spotted fever
an acute infectious disease caused by a rickettsia (Rickettsia rickettsii), transmitted to human beings by certain ticks (esp. genus Dermacentor), and characterized by fever, muscular pains, and skin eruptions

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

see synonyms of rocky mountain spotted fever
n.
An acute infectious disease that is caused by the tick-borne bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii and is characterized by rash, muscle pains, and high fever. It is endemic throughout North America.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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