WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
tick′ fe′ver, 
  1. Pathologyany fever transmitted by ticks, as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which attacks humans, or Texas fever, which is confined to some animals, as cattle.
  • 1895–1900

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tick fever n
  1. any acute infectious febrile disease caused by the bite of an infected tick
  2. another name for Rocky Mountain spotted fever
'tick fever' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
spotted fever - babesiosis - Colorado tick fever

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