Rickettsial disease and Spotted fever

Rickettsial disease

Rickettsial disease noun - Infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria.

Spotted fever and rickettsial disease are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Spotted fever" with "Rickettsial disease", this phrases are similar.

Spotted fever

Spotted fever noun - Any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin.
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Synonyms for Spotted fever

Rickettsial disease and spotted fever are semantically related. You can use "Rickettsial disease" instead a noun phrase "Spotted fever".

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