spotted fever

1. 1.

   any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin

   Broaderrickettsial disease

   NarrowerRocky Mountain spotted fever

Questions about spotted fever

What does spotted fever mean?

spotted fever means "any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin".

Is spotted fever a common word?

spotted fever is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.