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rickettsias

rickettsias 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 rickettsias

What is rickettsias the plural of?
Rickettsias is the plural of rickettsia.

Words near rickettsias in the dictionary

  1. rickettsiae
  2. rickettsiaemic
  3. rickettsiaes
  4. rickettsial
  5. rickettsialpox
  6. rickettsias
  7. rickettsiemia
  8. rickettsiemic
  9. rickettsiological
  10. rickettsiologist
  11. rickettsiologists

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