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FAMILY RICKETTSIACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates
Synonyms:
family Rickettsiaceae; Rickettsiaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Rickettsiaceae" is a kind of...):
bacteria family (a family of bacteria)
Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family Rickettsiaceae" is a member of...):
order Rickettsiales; Rickettsiales (pleomorphic Gram-negative microorganisms)
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