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rickettsiae

rickettsiae is the plural of rickettsia.

Meaning of rickettsia

Noun

rickettsia (plural rickettsias or rickettsiae)

  1. Any of a group of gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Rickettsia, carried as parasites by ticks, fleas and lice, that cause typhus and other diseases.
  2. (informal) Any bacterium of the order Rickettsiales.

Questions about rickettsiae

What is rickettsiae the plural of?
Rickettsiae is the plural of rickettsia.

Words near rickettsiae in the dictionary

  1. Ricketts
  2. rickettsemia
  3. rickettsemias
  4. rickettsemic
  5. rickettsia
  6. rickettsiae
  7. rickettsiaemic
  8. rickettsiaes
  9. rickettsial
  10. rickettsialpox
  11. rickettsias

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