Term: rocky mountain spotted fever: caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood ticks
Broader: spotted fever: any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin | Unrelated: imprudence: a lack of caution in practical affairs
Broader: spotted fever: any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin | Unrelated: jargoon: a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon
Broader: spotted fever: any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin | Unrelated: fifth wheel: someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded
Broader: spotted fever: any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin | Unrelated: menticirrhus: kingfishes; whiting
Broader: spotted fever: any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin | Unrelated: common fennel: strongly aromatic with a smell of aniseed; leaves and seeds used for seasoning
Broader: spotted fever: any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin | Unrelated: plainness: the appearance of being plain and unpretentious
Broader: spotted fever: any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin | Unrelated: performing arts: arts or skills that require public performance
Broader: spotted fever: any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin | Unrelated: thulium: a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group; isotope 170 emits X-rays and is used in small portable X-ray machines; it occurs in monazite and apatite and xenotime
Broader: spotted fever: any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin | Unrelated: optic cup: (embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina
Broader: spotted fever: any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin | Unrelated: pip: a small hard seed found in some fruits