BOUTONNEUSE FEVER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and other mammals

Synonyms:

boutonneuse fever; Indian tick fever; Kenya fever; Marseilles fever

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("boutonneuse fever" is a kind of...):

disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)

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