Rickettsialpox

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An illness caused by bacteria of the Rickettsia genus. uncountable
  2. 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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