rickettsialadj.
/rᵻˈkɛtsɪəl/, U.S. /rəˈkɛtsiəl/ Medicine.
Of the nature of a rickettsia; of, relating to, or caused by rickettsiae.
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rickettsial1925
West Nile virus1940
West Nile1943
Coxsackie1949
slow1954
Norwalk1977
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vibrionic1850
vibrioid1864
micrococcal1881
gonococcal1888
pneumococcic1891
spirillar1891
pneumococcal1895
pneumococcous1897
streptococcal1897
streptococcic1897
paratyphoid1898
schizomycetic1898
amphitrichous1900
lophotrichous1900
staphylococcal1900
streptococcous1902
streptothricial1903
staphylococcic1904
rhizobial1906
meningococcal1907
meningococcic1907
clostridial1909
botulinum1910
coccoid1912
treponemal1913
Salmonella1916
leptospiral1924
neisserian1925
rickettsial1925
coccal1928
amphitrichate1929
botulinal1939
eubacterial1946
myxococcal1946
coryneform1952
neisserial1955
myxobacterial1957
listerial1961
listeric1961
cyanobacterial1974
1925 Trop. Dis. Bull. 22 522 They are looked upon as being different stages in the life cycle of the same organism, but whether spirochaetal or Rickettsial is not yet determined.
1947 Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 1 338 A method for the preparation of rickettsial antigens from yolk sacs without the use of ether has also been developed.
1977 Time 31 Jan. 36/2 The discovery was made..by a specialist in leprosy and rickettsial diseases like typhus and spotted fever.
2001 N. Jones Rough Guide Trav. Health ii. 326 Elsewhere in the world there are several varieties of tick-borne spotted fevers caused by rickettsial bacteria.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1925