vibrio

(vib′rē ō′)

noun pl. vibrios

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

Origin: ModL < L vibrare, to shake: see vibrate

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noun pl. vib·ri·os

Any of various short, motile, S-shaped or comma-shaped bacteria of the genus Vibrio, especially V. cholerae, which causes cholera.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin Vibriō, genus name

Origin: , from Latin vibrāre, to vibrate (from their vibratory motion); see vibrate

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