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Definition of rickettsialpox in English:

rickettsialpox

Pronunciation /rɪˈkɛtsɪəlpɒks/

noun

Medicine

  • A usually mild febrile disease with a rash resembling that of chickenpox, caused by the bacterium Rickettsia akari, which is transmitted from rodents to humans by the house mouse mite, Liponyssoides sanguineus.

Origin

1940s. From rickettsial + pox.