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Word: Rickettsia
Speech Type: Noun
modern Latin, named after Howard Taylor Ricketts (1871–1910), American pathologist
rɪˈkɛtsɪə
any of a group of very small bacteria that include the causative agents of typhus and various other febrile diseases in humans. Like viruses, many of them can only grow inside living cells, and they are frequently transmitted by mites, ticks, or lice.
Short Definition:any of group of very small bacteria that include causative agents of typhus and various other febrile diseases in humans
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