TICK FEVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tick fever mean? 

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

1. caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood ticks

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TICK FEVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood ticks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

mountain fever; Rocky Mountain spotted fever; tick fever

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

spotted fever (any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin)

 Context examples 

Colorado tick fever viruses are found in adult wood ticks, humans and mammals, and cause Colorado tick fever in humans.

(Colorado Tick Fever Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Any viral organism that can be assigned to the species Colorado tick fever virus.

(Colorado Tick Fever Virus, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Colorado tick fever viruses are transmitted mainly via the bite of infected Rocky Mountain wood ticks (Dermacentor andersoni).

(Colorado Tick Fever Virus, NCI Thesaurus)