English noun: rickettsial disease | |||
| 1. | rickettsial disease (state) infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria | ||
| Synonyms | rickettsiosis | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | infectious disease | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Q fever, rickettsialpox, scrub typhus, spotted fever, trench fever, tsutsugamushi disease, typhus, typhus fever | ||