名詞 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.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 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.
立克次氏體：被扁虱、跳蚤及虱作為寄生物攜帶的各種立克次氏體屬 屬類的任一種細(xì)菌，它們引發(fā)人體中的疾病，例如斑疹傷寒、叢林斑疹傷寒及落基山斑疹熱

來源：
New Latin Rickettsia [genus name]
現(xiàn)代拉丁語 Rickettsia [屬名]
after Howard Taylor Ricketts (87-90), American pathologist
源自哈瓦德·泰勒 立克次 (87-90年），美國病理學(xué)家

【引伸】
rickett.sial
adj.（形容詞）