rickettsia
16 points
English
10 letters
Not in frequency data
Valid in: UK dictionary
Definitions
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
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Word forms
plural rickettsias
Forms from WordNet 3.1 morphology — every form attested in the dictionary.
Anagrams
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