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RICKETTSIALPOX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rickettsialpox mean?
• RICKETTSIALPOX (noun)
The noun RICKETTSIALPOX has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: RICKETTSIALPOX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("rickettsialpox" is a kind of...):
rickettsial disease; rickettsiosis (infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria)
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