Medical Dictionary

Rocky Mountain wood tick

noun

Medical Definition of ROCKY MOUNTAIN WOOD TICK

:  a widely distributed wood tick of the genus Dermacentor (D. andersoni) of western North America that is a vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and sometimes causes tick paralysis

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