rickettsia

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bacillus moulder bacteria mold bug fungus germ mould spore microorganism microbe amoeba streptococcus virus staphylococcus

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Antonyms

bug free non-virus

Hypernyms

eubacterium eubacteria true bacteria

Phrases with the word

rickettsia infection rickettsia prowazekii fever rickettsia prowazekii infection rickettsia prowazekii outbreak

Examples

Medical uses It is first-line therapy for rocky mountain spotted fever (Rickettsia), Lyme disease (B. Source: Internet

In the periods between outbreaks, when human to human transmission occurs less often, the flying squirrel serves as a zoonotic reservoir for the Rickettsia prowazekii bacterium. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Ricketts rickettsemia rickettsemic rickettsia infection rickettsia prowazekii fever rickettsia prowazekii infection