Definition of rickettsia
English to English noun - any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings
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rickettsia, rickettsiaceae, rickets, rickettsiosis, ricketish, rictus, reichstag, rectus, rigsdag, rights issue, rightish, rectitis, rusty woodsia, residuous, righteous, rusticity, rightwise, riggs' disease, rusticate, resedaceae
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