Rickettsia

noun

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounAny 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

Synonyms

rickettsiaes rickettsiologist rmsf rachitism rickle reticulitis reticuloid ratter rattener rhodococcus rubivirus retic

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