rickettsialpox

Noun

Meaning

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

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Synonyms

black death hepatitis madness leprosy influenza diphtheria dysentery measles meningitis herpes lockjaw malaria cholera anthrax flu

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Hypernyms

rickettsiosis rickettsial disease

Close letter words and terms

rickettsial infection rickettsial typhus Rickettsiales rickettsiemia rickettsiemic rickettsiological