- Vibrio comma
- nouncomma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera• Syn: ↑comma bacillus• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Vibrio
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Vibrio comma
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comma bacillus — noun comma shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera • Syn: ↑Vibrio comma • Hypernyms: ↑vibrio, ↑vibrion • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Vibrio * * * noun also … Useful english dictionary
Vibrio — A group of bacteria that includes Vibrio cholerae, the agent of cholera, (a devastating and sometimes lethal disease with profuse watery diarrhea) and Vibrio comma (which is shaped like a comma). Vibrio move about actively . The word “vibrio” in… … Medical dictionary
vibrio — noun curved rodlike motile bacterium • Syn: ↑vibrion • Derivationally related forms: ↑vibrionic • Hypernyms: ↑eubacteria, ↑eubacterium, ↑true bacteria … Useful english dictionary
vibrio — [vib′rē ō΄] n. pl. vibrios [ModL < L vibrare, to shake: see VIBRATE] any of a genus (Vibrio) of short, flagellate, Gram negative bacteria shaped like a comma or the letter S: one species ( V. comma) causes cholera … English World dictionary
comma bacillus — n. the bacillus (Vibrio cholerae, formerly, V. comma) causing Asiatic cholera … English World dictionary
vibrio — Comma shaped bacterium … Glossary of Biotechnology
vibrio — vibrioid /vib ree oyd /, adj. /vib ree oh /, n., pl. vibrios. Bacteriol. any of several comma or S shaped bacteria of the genus Vibrio, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other animals. [ < NL (1854), equiv. to L vibr(are) to… … Universalium
vibrio — /ˈvɪbrioʊ/ (say vibreeoh) noun (plural vibrios) any bacterium of the genus Vibrio, made up of comma shaped organisms, the most important of which is V. comma, the causative agent of Asiatic cholera. {New Latin, from Latin vibrāre shake} –vibrioid …
vibrio — vib•ri•o [[t]ˈvɪb riˌoʊ[/t]] n. pl. ri•os mcr any of several comma orS shaped bacteria of the genus Vibrio, certain species of which are pathogenic • Etymology: < NL (1854) vib′ri•oid , adj … From formal English to slang
vibrio — (vib re o) A rod shaped bacterial cell that is curved to form a comma or an incomplete spiral … Dictionary of microbiology
