riketsia

Indonesian

Etymology 1

rickets +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /rikɛtˈsia/ [ri.kɛt̪̚ˈsi.a]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ri‧ket‧si‧a

Noun

riketsia (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) rickets, rachitis, rhachitis
    Synonym: rakitis

Etymology 2

Borrowed from translingual Rickettsia (genus name), from Howard Taylor Ricketts, equivalent to Ricketts +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /rikɛtˈsia/ [ri.kɛt̪̚ˈsi.a]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ri‧ket‧si‧a

Noun

riketsia (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) rickettsia

Further reading

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