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marseilles fever meaning and definition
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Definition of Marseilles fever (noun)
- a disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and other mammals
- synonyms: boutonneuse fever, Indian tick fever, Kenya fever
Source: Princeton University Wordnet