Associations to the word «Rickettsia»

Wiktionary

RICKETTSIA, noun. Any of a group of gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Rickettsia, carried as parasites by ticks, fleas and lice; they cause typhus and other diseases
RICKETTSIA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Rickettsiaceae   — the rickettsia bacteria.

Dictionary definition

RICKETTSIA, noun. Any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings.

Wise words

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