n. a parasitic micro-organism of the genus Rickettsia causing typhus and other febrile diseases. rickettsial adj.
[ mod.L f. H. T. Ricketts, Amer. pathologist d. 1910 ]
RICKETTSIA
Meaning of RICKETTSIA in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012