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    INDIAN TICK 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 mammalsplay

    Synonyms:

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

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    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("Indian tick fever" is a kind of...):

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

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