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rickettsiosis

rickettsiosis noun: any severe infectious disease caused by several different bacteria of the order Rickettsiales and transmitted by parasitic arthropods.

Noun

rickettsiosis (plural rickettsioses)

  1. Any severe infectious disease caused by several different bacteria of the order Rickettsiales and transmitted by parasitic arthropods.

Forms of rickettsiosis

pluralrickettsioses

Questions about rickettsiosis

What does rickettsiosis mean?
Rickettsiosis means any severe infectious disease caused by several different bacteria of the order Rickettsiales and transmitted by parasitic arthropods.
What part of speech is rickettsiosis?
Rickettsiosis is a noun.
What is the plural of rickettsiosis?
The plural of rickettsiosis is rickettsioses.

Words near rickettsiosis in the dictionary

  1. rickettsiological
  2. rickettsiologist
  3. rickettsiologists
  4. rickettsiology
  5. rickettsioses
  6. rickettsiosis
  7. rickettsiostatic
  8. ricketty
  9. rickety
  10. rickey
  11. rickeys

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