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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
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