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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various febrile diseases transmitted by ticks, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Texas fever.
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- noun pathology any of various
diseases transmitted byticks
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- noun caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood ticks
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