RICKETTSIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rickettsiaceae mean? 

• RICKETTSIACEAE (noun)
  The noun RICKETTSIACEAE has 1 sense:

1. microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates

  Familiarity information: RICKETTSIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RICKETTSIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Rickettsiaceae; Rickettsiaceae

Hypernyms ("Rickettsiaceae" is a kind of...):

bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "Rickettsiaceae"):

genus Rickettsia (can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans)

rickettsia (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)

Holonyms ("Rickettsiaceae" is a member of...):

order Rickettsiales; Rickettsiales (pleomorphic Gram-negative microorganisms)