Klebsiella Definition

klĕbzē-ĕlə
noun
A nonmotile, gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Klebsiella, such as K. pneumoniae, that causes pneumonia and other infections usually in patients with diminished immunity, such as diabetics and alcoholics.
American Heritage Medicine
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Enterobacteriaceae — certain Gram-negative oxidase-negative, rod-shaped bacteria, some of which cause disease in humans.

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Other Word Forms of Klebsiella

Noun

Singular:
klebsiella
Plural:
klebsiellas

Origin of Klebsiella

  • New Latin genus name after Edwin Klebs (1834–1913), German-American pathologist born in Königsberg (Kaliningrad)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Klebs (“a surname”) +‎ -ella, after German microbiologist Edwin Klebs.

    From Wiktionary

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