INDIAN TICK FEVER
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 mammals
Familiarity information: INDIAN TICK FEVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INDIAN TICK FEVER (noun)
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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