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tick fever
noun
- any fever transmitted by ticks, as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which attacks humans, or Texas fever, which is confined to some animals, as cattle.
tick fever
noun
- any acute infectious febrile disease caused by the bite of an infected tick
- another name for Rocky Mountain spotted fever
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tick fever1
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences
Here again, as in tick fever, we use the preparation 606, for which we are indebted to the great Ehrlich.
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A third scourge responsible for frequent admissions into hospital is "tick-fever."
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It was very hard on them at the time, especially as they were rotten with malaria and tick fever, in addition to their wounds.
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The disease is commonly known as "tick-fever" or by the various native names of the tick.
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Nowadays few cattle are left to sons by fathers, as tick fever has almost bared the country of this means of food and barter.
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