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vibriosis

vibriosis noun: infection by bacteria of the genus Vibrio.

Noun

vibriosis (plural vibrioses)

  1. Infection by bacteria of the genus Vibrio.
    • State health officials said that recent high temperatures and low tides were most likely to blame for the outbreak of the disease, vibriosis, which has sickened at least 52 people this month, the most ever recorded in July.2021 July 22, Michael Levenson, “After Recent ‘Heat Dome,’ Washington Issues Warning Not to Eat Raw Shellfish”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of vibriosis

pluralvibrioses

Origin of vibriosis

Vibrio + -osis

Questions about vibriosis

What does vibriosis mean?
Vibriosis means infection by bacteria of the genus Vibrio.
What part of speech is vibriosis?
Vibriosis is a noun.
What is the plural of vibriosis?
The plural of vibriosis is vibrioses.

Words near vibriosis in the dictionary

  1. vibriophage
  2. vibriophages
  3. vibrioplankton
  4. vibrios
  5. vibrioses
  6. vibriosis
  7. vibriostatic
  8. vibriotic
  9. vibriovirus
  10. vibrioviruses
  11. vibrissa

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