rickettsia
Rickettsia conorii
Meaning
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
Related
Broader meaning words
- Rickettsia
- Rickettsieae
- Rickettsiaceae
- Rickettsiales
Origin
- From Translingual Rickettsia , from Howard Taylor Ricketts, equivalent to Ricketts + -ia.
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