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yersinia

yersinia noun: a Gram-negative bacterium, of the genus Yersinia, that is an etiological agent of several diseases in animals and humans, notably Yersinia pestis, which causes bubonic plague.

yersinia: a Gram-negative bacterium, of the genus Yersinia, that is an etiological agent of several diseases...
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Noun

yersinia (plural yersinias or yersiniae)

  1. A Gram-negative bacterium, of the genus Yersinia, that is an etiological agent of several diseases in animals and humans, notably Yersinia pestis, which causes bubonic plague.

Forms of yersinia

pluralyersinias
pluralyersiniae

Origin of yersinia

Borrowed from Translingual Yersinia.

Questions about yersinia

What does yersinia mean?
Yersinia means a Gram-negative bacterium, of the genus Yersinia, that is an etiological agent of several diseases in animals and humans, notably Yersinia pestis, which causes bubonic plague.
What part of speech is yersinia?
Yersinia is a noun.
What is the plural of yersinia?
The plural of yersinia is yersinias.

Words near yersinia in the dictionary

  1. yers
  2. yersel
  3. yerself
  4. yerselves
  5. yersen
  6. yersinia
  7. yersiniabactin
  8. yersiniae
  9. yersinial
  10. yersinias
  11. yersinioses

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