| 单词 | rocky mountain spotted fever |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRocky Mountain spotted fever Rocky Mountain spotted fever n. a potentially fatal rickettsial disease of North America and certain other areas of the Western hemisphere, characterized by fever, rash, and vasculitis, caused by Rickettsia ricksettii, and transmitted by ticks, esp. the Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni, and the dog tick D. variabilis. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > other rickettsial fevers Rocky Mountain fever1878 trench fever1898 Rocky Mountain spotted fever1903 tsutsugamushi1906 mite typhus1921 tick typhus1921 mite-borne typhus1923 scrub typhus1929 Q fever1937 1903 Pract. Med. Series IX. 207/1 Fever, Black f., a local name for Rocky mountain spotted fever. 1947 Life 17 Nov. 151/1 In the past its scientists, who work with such deadly diseases as typhus, tularemia and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, have been unable to keep the tiny organisms from drifting about laboratories and infecting workers. 1974 Greenville (S. Carolina) News 23 Apr. 3/2 The little ticks that carry Rocky Mountain spotted fever didn't have to find a warm spot under a log this winter. 2001 N. Jones Rough Guide Trav. Health ii. 323 Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a tickborne illness affecting 600-800 people annually across the USA. < as lemmas |
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