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rickettsia

/rɪ'kɛtsiə/

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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
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eubacteria eubacterium true bacteria

Definition that contains rickettsia

typhus rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever
typhus fever rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever