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rickettsias
 
Noun rickettsia has 1 sense
  1. 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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