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rickettsiosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rick-ettsio-sis
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any severe infectious disease caused by several different bacteria of the order Rickettsiales and transmitted by parasitic arthropods.

Inflected Forms

rickettsioses (plural)

Phrases

Bullis fever Lone Star fever Q fever Rocky Mountain spotted fever trench fever

Frequently Paired Words

Bullis fever Lone Star fever Q fever Rocky Mountain spotted fever trench fever typhus

Synonyms

rickettsial disease

Questions

What does rickettsiosis mean?
Any severe infectious disease caused by several different bacteria of the order Rickettsiales and transmitted by parasitic arthropods.

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