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INDIAN TICK FEVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Indian tick fever mean? 

INDIAN TICK FEVER (noun)
  The noun INDIAN TICK FEVER has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: INDIAN TICK FEVER used as a noun is very rare.


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INDIAN TICK FEVER (noun)


Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

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

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

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


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