rickettsia

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noun
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  • 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

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Borrowed from Translingual Rickettsia suffix from English Ricketts.

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Ricketts

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