rickettsia
See also: Rickettsia
English
Etymology
From Rickettsia (genus name)
Noun
rickettsia (plural rickettsias or rickettsiae)
- 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
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