Is there a word for the condition of being infested with ticks?
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00:00 Is There A Word For The Condition Of Being Infested With Ticks?
00:21 Answer 1 Score 34
00:39 Accepted Answer Score 22
01:02 Answer 3 Score 8
01:33 Answer 4 Score 1
01:47 Thank you
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ANSWER 1
Score 34
I don't think there is a word that refers to possessing ticks as a condition, but you could use "tick-ridden" or "tick-infested" as an adjective:
The dog is tick-ridden.
ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 22
Ectoparasitism TFD is the medical term:
the state in which the ectoparasite [ticks, lice] are living on the surface of the host's body.
He went to the doctor with ticks, and was diagnosed with ectoparasitosis.
ANSWER 3
Score 8
For the second sentence example you can simply use "ticks" - "don't go near him he has ticks", just as you would with lice or fleas.
If sticking to a single word is not essential you might want to be more specific and say "an infestation of ticks" - to make it clear that the subject has a large number of the parasites, not just one or two.
"an infestation of ticks" could also work in the first sentence example. "He's suffering from an infestation of ticks"