Ricketts
Ricketts Rick·etts (rĭk’ĭtz), Howard Taylor. 1871-1910.
American pathologist who discovered bacteria of the genus Rickettsia and determined the cause and methods of transmission of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and typhus.
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noun, plural rickettsiae [ri-ket-see-ee] /rɪˈkɛt siˌi/ (Show IPA), rickettsias [ri-ket-see-uh z] /rɪˈkɛt si əz/ (Show IPA) 1. any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod-shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and reproduce only inside a living cell, parasitic in fleas, ticks, lice, and mites and […]
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- Rickettsial
noun, plural rickettsiae [ri-ket-see-ee] /rɪˈkɛt siˌi/ (Show IPA), rickettsias [ri-ket-see-uh z] /rɪˈkɛt si əz/ (Show IPA) 1. any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod-shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and reproduce only inside a living cell, parasitic in fleas, ticks, lice, and mites and […]