GENUS RICKETTSIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Rickettsia" is a kind of...):

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

Holonyms ("genus Rickettsia" is a member of...):

family Rickettsiaceae; Rickettsiaceae (microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates)

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