spotted fever

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nounPathology.
  1. any of several fevers characterized by spots on the skin, especially as in cerebrospinal meningitis or typhus fever.

Origin of spotted fever

1
First recorded in 1640–50

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British Dictionary definitions for spotted fever

spotted fever

noun
  1. any of various severe febrile diseases characterized by small irregular spots on the skin, as in Rocky Mountain spotted fever or tick fever

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