- rickettsial disease
- rickettsiose, maladie à rickettsies
English-French dictionary of labour protection . 2015.
English-French dictionary of labour protection . 2015.
rickettsial disease — noun infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria • Syn: ↑rickettsiosis • Hypernyms: ↑infectious disease • Hyponyms: ↑typhus, ↑typhus fever, ↑spotted fever … Useful english dictionary
rickettsial — Pertaining to or caused by rickettsiae. * * * rick·ett·si·al ri ket sē əl adj of, relating to, or caused by rickettsiae <a rickettsial disease> <rickettsial vaccines> * * * rick·ett·si·al (rĭ ketґse əl) caused by rickettsiae … Medical dictionary
rickettsial — adjective relating to or caused by rickettsias • Pertains to noun: ↑rickettsia • Derivationally related forms: ↑rickettsia * * * rəˈketsēəl, (ˈ)ri|k adjective Etymology: New Latin Rickettsia + English … Useful english dictionary
Disease, His — Named for the Swiss physician Wilhelm His, Jr. (who also described the bundle of His in the heart), this is a louse borne disease first recognized in the trenches of World War I and so was called trench fever. Trench fever is a disease is… … Medical dictionary
Disease, Werner-His — Named for the German physician Heinrich Werner (who did not describe Werner s premature aging syndrome) and the Swiss physician Wilhelm His, Jr. (who did describe the bundle of His in the heart), this is a louse borne disease that was first… … Medical dictionary
Disease, His-Werner — Named for the Swiss physician Wilhelm His, Jr. (who also described the bundle of His in the heart) and the German physician Heinrich Werner (who was not the Werner who described Werner s syndrome). This is a louse borne disease that was first… … Medical dictionary
rickettsial pox — a disease of mice caused by the microorganism Rickettsia akari and transmitted to humans by mites: it produces chills, fever, muscular pain, and a rash similar to that of chickenpox. The disease is mild and runs its course in 2 3 weeks. See also… … Medical dictionary
rickettsial pox — a disease of mice caused by the microorganism Rickettsia akari and transmitted to humans by mites: it produces chills, fever, muscular pain, and a rash similar to that of chickenpox. The disease is mild and runs its course in 2–3 weeks. See also … The new mediacal dictionary
Disease, Conor and Bruch — African tick typhus, one of the tick borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere similar to Rocky Mountain spotted fever but less severe. Characteristic features include fever, a small ulcer (tache noire) at the site of the tick bite,… … Medical dictionary
Rickettsial diseases — The infectious diseases caused by the rickettsiae fall into 4 groups:(1) typhus: epidemic typhus, Brill Zinsser disease, murine (endemic) typhus, and scrub typhus; (2) spotted feverRocky Mountain spotted fever, Eastern tick borne… … Medical dictionary
infectious disease — noun a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact (Freq. 3) • Hypernyms: ↑communicable disease • Hyponyms: ↑AIDS, ↑acquired immune deficiency syndrome, ↑brucellosis, ↑undulant fever, ↑ … Useful english dictionary