RICKETTSIA

Scrabble 16 Words With Friends 17

Scrabble letter values: R₁I₁C₃K₅E₁T₁T₁S₁I₁A₁ = 16

Definition

noun any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts.

Examples

“they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings”

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