rickettsia

名词 rickettsia:

1. 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; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings

rick.ett.si.a

n.（名词）
【复数】 rick.ett.si.ae[-sô-ô.]
Any of various bacteria of the genusRickettsia, carried as parasites by many ticks, fleas, and lice, that cause diseases such as typhus, scrub typhus, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in human beings.
立克次氏体：被扁虱、跳蚤及虱作为寄生物携带的各种立克次氏体属 属类的任一种细菌，它们引发人体中的疾病，例如斑疹伤寒、丛林斑疹伤寒及落基山斑疹热

来源：
New Latin Rickettsia [genus name]
现代拉丁语 Rickettsia [属名]
after Howard Taylor Ricketts (87-90), American pathologist
源自哈瓦德·泰勒 立克次 (87-90年），美国病理学家

【引伸】
rickett.sial
adj.（形容词）