rickettsia

See also: Rickettsia

English

Wikispecies

Rickettsia conorii

Etymology

From translingual Rickettsia (genus name), from Howard Taylor Ricketts, equivalent to Ricketts +‎ -ia.

Noun

rickettsia (plural rickettsias or rickettsiae)

1. 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.
2. (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

• rickettsial
• rickettsialpox
• rickettsiology

See also

• Rickettsia (genus)
• Rickettsieae (tribus)
• Rickettsiaceae (familia)
• Rickettsiales (order)

Anagrams

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English riekettsia or French rickettsie.

Noun

rickettsia f (plural rickettsii)

1. rickettsia

Spanish

Noun

rickettsia f (plural rickettsias)

1. rickettsia

Further reading

• “rickettsia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• rickettsia on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es