Medical Dictionary

human granulocytic ehrlichiosis

noun

Medical Definition of HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC EHRLICHIOSIS

:  an ehrlichiosis of humans that is marked by fever, myalgia, headache, leukemia, and thrombocytopenia and that is caused by a rickettsial bacterium of the genus Ehrlichia which is transmitted by ixodid ticks (as the deer tick and American dog tick)—abbreviation HGE

Browse

How to use a word that (literally) drives some people nuts.
Test your vocab with our fun, fast game
Ailurophobia, and 9 other unusual fears