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MARSEILLES FEVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Synonyms:
boutonneuse fever; Indian tick fever; Kenya fever; Marseilles fever
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("Marseilles fever" is a kind of...):
disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)
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