rickettsia
See also: Rickettsia
English
Rickettsia conorii
Etymology
From translingual Rickettsia (genus name), from Howard Taylor Ricketts, equivalent to Ricketts + -ia.
Noun
rickettsia (plural rickettsias or rickettsiae)
- 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.
- (informal) Any bacterium of the order Rickettsiales.
Usage notes
Rickettsia has no connection with rickets, which is a disease caused by vitamin D deficiency.
Derived terms
See also
- Rickettsia (genus)
- Rickettsieae (tribus)
- Rickettsiaceae (familia)
- Rickettsiales (order)
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English riekettsia or French rickettsie.
Spanish
Further reading
- “rickettsia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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