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Rickettsia in a sentence

Rickettsia meaning

  1. Any of a group of gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Rickettsia, carried as parasites by ticks, fleas and lice, that cause typhus and other diseases.
  2. Any bacterium of the order Rickettsiales.

Synonyms of Rickettsia

eubacteria eubacterium true bacteria

Related words

Other words often associated with Rickettsia or its synonyms:

bacteria bacterium

Using Rickettsia

  • The main meaning on this page is: Any of a group of gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Rickettsia, carried as parasites by ticks, fleas and lice, that cause typhus and other diseases. | Any bacterium of the order Rickettsiales.
  • Useful related words include: eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria.

Context around Rickettsia

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

fever 1×

Often after:

prowazekii 1× lyme 1×

Sentence patterns with Rickettsia

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

for the rickettsia prowazekii bacterium 1× spotted fever rickettsia lyme disease 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

in the periods 1× medical uses it 1×

Common sentence endings:

lyme disease b 1× rickettsia prowazekii bacterium 1×

Words around Rickettsia

Just before it in the word index:

ricketts 116 rickett 8 ricketson 8 rickets 15 rickert 7 rickerson 2

Just after it in the word index:

rickety 56 rickey 61 rickford 14 rickhuss 3 ricki 21 rickie 54

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadu 4 aafmaa 4

Corpus analysis for Rickettsia

  • In this selection, "rickettsia" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, fever, prowazekii and lyme stand out and add context to how "rickettsia" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include for the rickettsia prowazekii bacterium and spotted fever rickettsia lyme disease. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "rickettsia" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with rickettsia

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Medical uses It is first-line therapy for rocky mountain spotted fever (Rickettsia), Lyme disease (B. (16 words)

In the periods between outbreaks, when human to human transmission occurs less often, the flying squirrel serves as a zoonotic reservoir for the Rickettsia prowazekii bacterium. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

In the periods between outbreaks, when human to human transmission occurs less often, the flying squirrel serves as a zoonotic reservoir for the Rickettsia prowazekii bacterium. (26 words)

Medical uses It is first-line therapy for rocky mountain spotted fever (Rickettsia), Lyme disease (B. (16 words)

Example sentences (2)

In the periods between outbreaks, when human to human transmission occurs less often, the flying squirrel serves as a zoonotic reservoir for the Rickettsia prowazekii bacterium.

Medical uses It is first-line therapy for rocky mountain spotted fever (Rickettsia), Lyme disease (B.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "rickettsia" in a sentence?
An example: "In the periods between outbreaks, when human to human transmission occurs less often, the flying squirrel serves as a zoonotic reservoir for the Rickettsia prowazekii bacterium." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "rickettsia" from authentic English texts.
What does "rickettsia" mean?
Rickettsia means: Any of a group of gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Rickettsia, carried as parasites by ticks, fleas and lice, that cause typhus and other diseases.
What are synonyms of "rickettsia"?
Common synonyms of "rickettsia" include: eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria.
How many example sentences with "rickettsia" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "rickettsia", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.