transcription, транскрипция: [ ri-ˈket-sē-ə ]
noun
( plural -si·as or rick·ett·si·ae -sē-ˌē, -ˌī ; also -sia )
Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Howard T. Ricketts died 1910 American pathologist
Date: 1919
: any of a family (Rickettsiaceae) of rod-shaped, coccoid, or diplococcus-shaped, often pleomorphic gram-negative bacteria that are intracellular parasites of arthropods (as lice or ticks) and when transmitted to humans cause various diseases (as typhus)
• rick·ett·si·al -sē-əl adjective