rickettsiosis | ||
1. | [ noun ] (medicine) infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria | |
Synonyms: | rickettsial_disease | |
Related terms: | infectious_disease typhus Q_fever rickettsialpox trench_fever ricketsialpox tsutsugamushi_disease spotted_fever | |
Similar spelling: |
rickettsias Rickettsiales rickettsia rickettsial rickettsialpox Rickettsiaceae ricketsialpox |