HyperDic: rickettsiosis

English > 1 sense of the word rickettsiosis:
NOUNstaterickettsiosis, rickettsial diseaseinfectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria
English > rickettsiosis: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaninginfectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria.
Synonymrickettsial disease
NarrowerQ feverAn acute disease resembling influenza
rickettsialpoxmild infectious rickettsial disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Rickettsia transmitted to humans by the bite a mite that lives on rodents
spotted feverAny of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin
trench fevermarked by pain in muscles and joints and transmitted by lice
tsutsugamushi disease, scrub typhustransmitted by larval mites and widespread in Asia
typhus, typhus feverrickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever
Broaderinfectious diseaseA disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
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