tick paralysis

  • 1tick paralysis — n a progressive spinal paralysis that moves upward toward the brain in humans or lower animals and that is caused by a neurotoxin secreted by some ticks (as Dermacentor andersoni) and injected into the host during feeding * * * a progressive,… …

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  • 2Tick paralysis — Infobox Disease Name = Tick paralysis Caption = DiseasesDB = 31779 ICD10 = ICD10|T|63|4|t|51 ICD9 = ICD9|989.5 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = 001359 eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D013985 Tick paralysis is the only tick borne disease that …

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  • 3tick paralysis — noun : an ascending paralysis in man or lower animals caused by a neurotoxin secreted by some ticks (as Dermocentor andersoni) and injected into the host during feeding …

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  • 4Tick-borne encephalitis — Tick borne meningoencephalitis Classification and external resources ICD 10 A84 ICD 9 063 …

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  • 5Paralysis tick — Taxobox name = Paralysis tick image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Arachnida ordo = Acari familia = Ixodidae genus = Ixodes species = I. holocyclus binomial = Ixodes holocyclus The paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus …

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  • 6Tick — For other uses, see Tick (disambiguation). Ticks Adult deer tick, Ixodes scapularis Scientific classification Kingdom …

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  • 7Tick-borne disease — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = emerg eMedicineTopic = 584 MeshID = D017282 Tick borne diseases are diseases or illnesses transmitted by ticks. As the incidence of… …

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  • 8Tick-borne disease — A disease carried by or caused by a tick. In the United States, the tick borne diseases include: {{}}Babesiosis (a malaria like infection) Colorado tick fever (generally in the western US) Ehrlichiosis Lyme disease Relapsing fever (also called… …

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  • 9tick — An acarine of the families Ixodidae (hard ticks) or Argasidae (soft ticks), which contain many bloodsucking species that are important pests of humans and domestic birds and mammals, and that probably exceed all other arthropods in the number and …

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  • 10tick — I. /tɪk / (say tik) noun 1. a slight, sharp recurring click or beat, as of a clock. 2. Colloquial a moment or instant: hang on just a tick. 3. a small mark, as a hooked, sloping dash (formed by two strokes at an acute angle) serving to draw… …