rickettsia

/ri-ket-see-uh/US // rɪˈkɛt si ə //UK // (rɪˈkɛtsɪə) //

立克次氏体,立克次体,佝偻病菌,佝偻病

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural rick·ett·si·ae [ri-ket-see-ee], /rɪˈkɛt siˌi/, rick·ett·si·as [ri-ket-see-uhz]. /rɪˈkɛt si əz/.
- : any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod-shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and reproduce only inside a living cell, parasitic in fleas, ticks, lice, and mites and transmitted by bite to vertebrate hosts, including humans, causing such severe diseases as typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
- : any rickettsia or rickettsialike microorganism of the orders Rickettsiales and Chlamydiales.