spotted fever

English Thesaurus

1. any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin (noun.state)

hypernym	:	rickettsial disease, rickettsiosis,
definition	:	infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria (noun.state)

hyponym	:	mountain fever, rocky mountain spotted fever, tick fever,
definition	:	caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood ticks (noun.state)