noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A microorganism, especially one that is pathogenic. archaic
2. 2
   curved rodlike motile bacterium wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

vibriovibrio

Etymology

Presumably from translingual Vibrio + -on and influenced by virion.

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