rickettsias

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Noun rickettsia has 1 sense

Rickettsia - any of a group of parasitic bacteria that live in arthropods (as ticks and mites) and can cause disease if transmitted to human beings
--₁ is a kind of eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria; bacteria, bacterium; eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria; bacteria, bacterium
--₁ is a member of Rickettsiaceae, family Rickettsiaceae

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