vibrio


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vibrio /ˈvɪbrɪəʊ, ˈvʌɪ-/
noun (pl. vibrios) Medicine a waterborne bacterium of curved, rod-like shape, belonging to a group including the causative agent of cholera. [Vibrio and related genera.]
– origin mod. L., from L. vibrare ‘vibrate’.
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