rickettsias
Meaning of rickettsias
noun
Any of a group of gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Rickettsia, carried as parasites by ticks, fleas and lice; they cause typhus and other diseases
Information about rickettsias
- It is a name.
- The singular form of rickettsias is: rickettsia.
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Hyphenation of rickettsias
rick-ettsias
- It consists of 2 syllables and 11 chars.
- rickettsias is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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