boutonneuse fever

bou·ton·neuse fever

noun \ˌbü-tȯ-ˈnœ̅z-\

Definition of BOUTONNEUSE FEVER

: a disease of the Mediterranean area that is characterized by headache, pain in muscles and joints, and an eruption over the body and is caused by a tick-borne rickettsia (Rickettsia conorii)—called also fièvre boutonneuse, Marseilles fever; see tick-bite fever, tick typhus