English Explanatory Dictionary

legionella

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Bacteria of the genus Legionella.

Word forms

legionella legionellas legionellae

Etymology

From legion + translingual -ella, from Latin legio. Constructed from "American Legion", after an outbreak of a then-unknown "mystery disease" (Legionnaires' disease) at a convention of the American Legion in Philadelphia in 1976.

Derived words

antilegionella legionellal
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