noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of the genus Klebsiella of rod-shaped bacteria, which cause many diseases in humans.
2. 2
   a genus of nonmotile rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some cause respiratory and other infections wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

genus-relatedk pneumoniaeklebsiella bacteriaklebsiella genusklebsiella pathogenklebsiella pneumoniae species

Antonyms

All antonyms

Klebsiella-negativeno Klebsiella detectednonbacterialnoninfectious

Etymology

From the genus name.