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vibrio definition

vib·rio (vib′rē ō′)

noun pl. vibrios -·os′

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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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