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noun
any of various diseases causing fever and spots on the skin
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: rickettsial disease, rickettsiosis
Narrower terms: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, mountain fever, tick fever
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