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noun Pathology.
any of several fevers characterized by spots on the skin, especially as in cerebrospinal meningitis or typhus fever.
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Origin of spotted fever

First recorded in 1640–50
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spotted fever

noun
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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