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GENUS RICKETTSIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Rickettsia mean?
• GENUS RICKETTSIA (noun)
The noun GENUS RICKETTSIA has 1 sense:
1. can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans
Familiarity information: GENUS RICKETTSIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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