rickettsia (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 05
def 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
def they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings
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Hypernym eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
Member holonym Rickettsiaceae, family Rickettsiaceae
Derivationally related form rickettsia → rickettsial
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Derivationally related form rickettsial → rickettsia
Pertainym (pertains to noun) rickettsial → rickettsia
Hyponym eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
Member meronym Rickettsiaceae, family Rickettsiaceae

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