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GENUS RICKETTSIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans
Classified under:
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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