yersinia
Meanings
noun
- A Gram-negative bacterium, of the genus Yersinia, that is an etiological agent of several diseases in animals and humans, notably Yersinia pestis, which causes bubonic plague.
Word forms
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Yersinia.
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