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Rickettsialpox
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An illness caused by bacteria of the Rickettsia genus. uncountable
- 2 mild infectious rickettsial disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Rickettsia transmitted to humans by the bite a mite that lives on rodents; characterized by chills and fever and headache and skin lesions that resemble chickenpox wordnet
Etymology
From rickettsial + pox.
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