rick
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"
ricketiness
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the quality of not being steady or securely fixed in place
rickets
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus
rickettsia
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ 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
Rickettsiaceae
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates
rickettsial disease
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria