Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Cow·dria Pronunciation:
'kau-drE-& Function:
noun : a genus of small pleomorphic intracellular rickettsial bacteria known chiefly fromticks but including the causative organism (
C. ruminantium) of heartwater of ruminants
Cowádry /'kau-drE,/ Edmund Vincent (1888–1975), Americananatomist. Cowdry's areas of research included the pathology of virus diseases, rickettsial diseases, malaria, yellow fever, and east coast fever. In 1924 he discovered the causative organism(
Cowdria ruminantium) of heartwater.
