Definition of 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

Synonyms of Rickettsia


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Antonyms of Rickettsia


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Homophones of Rickettsia


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