Rickettsia
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rickettsia is a noun meaning (informal) Any bacterium of the order Rickettsiales.
Meaning
(informal) Any bacterium of the order Rickettsiales.
More Meanings
- Any of a group of gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Rickettsia, carried as parasites by ticks, fleas and lice, that cause typhus and other diseases.
Word Forms
- rickettsias
- rickettsiae
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rickettsiaes, rickettsiologist, rachitism, rickle, reticulitis, reticuloid.
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