tick fever
1Tick-Fever — Tick|fe|ver, (auch:) Tick Fe|ver [ tɪkfi:və], das; [engl. tick fever, aus: tick = Zecke u. fever = Fieber] (Med.): bes. in den USA auftretende, durch Zecken übertragene Infektionskrankheit …
2tick fever — n. any infectious disease transmitted by the bite of a tick, as Rocky Mountain spotted fever …
3Tick-fever — (engl., spr. fīwer, »Zeckenfieber«), Rinderkrankheit, s. Piroplasmosen …
4tick-fever — ● tick fever nom féminin (mot anglais) Synonyme de fièvre pourprée des montagnes Rocheuses …
5Tick fever — Also known as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, an acute febrile (feverish) disease initially recognized in the Rocky Mountain states, caused by Rickettsia rickettsii transmitted by hard shelled (ixodid) ticks. Occurs only in the Western Hemisphere.… …
6tick fever — tick′ fe ver n. pat any infectious disease transmitted by ticks …
7tick fever — noun any bacterial or rickettsial fever transmitted by the bite of a tick …
8tick fever — any fever transmitted by ticks, as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which attacks humans, or Texas fever, which is confined to some animals, as cattle. [1895 1900] * * * …
9tick fever — noun caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood ticks • Syn: ↑Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ↑mountain fever • Hypernyms: ↑spotted fever …
10tick fever — noun Date: circa 1897 1. Texas fever 2. a febrile disease (as Rocky Mountain spotted fever) transmitted by the bites of ticks …
