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Rickettsial

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Adjective

1. rickettsial

relating to or caused by rickettsias

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Rickettsial

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noun plural -siae (-sɪˌiː) or -sias
any of a group of parasitic bacteria that live in the tissues of ticks, mites, and other arthropods, and cause disease when transmitted to man and other animals

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Rickettsial

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nounWord forms: plural rickˈettsiˌae (rɪˈkɛtsiˌi ; riketˈsēēˌ) or rickˈettsias
any of several families (esp. Rickettsiaceae) of Gram-negative bacteria that are the causative agents of certain diseases, as typhus or Rocky Mountain spotted fever: they are transmitted to animals and humans by the bite of certain lice, ticks, etc. in whose bodies they live as parasites

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Rickettsial

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n. pl. rick·ett·si·ae (-sē-ē)
Any of various bacteria of the genus Rickettsia, carried as parasites by many ticks, fleas, and lice, that cause diseases such as typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans.

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