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rickets
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childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus
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Rickettsia
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any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings
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rickettsial disease
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infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria
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rickettsialpox
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mild infectious rickettsial disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Rickettsia transmitted to humans by the bite a mite that lives on rodents; characterized by chills and fever and headache and skin lesions that resemble chickenpox
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rickettsiosis
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rickettsial disease: infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria
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