rickettsiosis
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1. infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria (noun.state)
hypernym | : | infectious disease, |
definition | : | a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact (noun.state) |
hyponym | : | typhus, typhus fever, |
definition | : | rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever (noun.state) |
hyponym | : | spotted fever, |
definition | : | any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin (noun.state) |
hyponym | : | q fever, |
definition | : | an acute disease resembling influenza (noun.state) |
hyponym | : | rickettsialpox, |
definition | : | mild infectious rickettsial disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Rickettsia transmitted to humans by the bite a mite that lives on rodents; characterized by chills and fever and headache and skin lesions that resemble chickenpox (noun.state) |
hyponym | : | trench fever, |
definition | : | marked by pain in muscles and joints and transmitted by lice (noun.state) |
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