yersinia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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

yersinia yersinias yersiniae

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Yersinia.

Related words

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