vibrio

vib·ri·o  (vbr-)

n. pl. vib·ri·os

Any of various short, motile, S-shaped or comma-shaped bacteria of the genus Vibrio, especially V. cholerae, which causes cholera.

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[New Latin Vibri, genus name, from Latin vibrre, to vibrate (from their vibratory motion); see vibrate.]

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vibri·oid (-oid) adj.

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vibrio [ˈvɪbrɪˌəʊ]

n pl -os

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) any curved or spiral rodlike Gram-negative bacterium of the genus Vibrio, including V. cholerae, which causes cholera: family Spirillaceae

[from New Latin, from Latin vibrāre to vibrate]

vibrioid  adj

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vibrio - curved rodlike motile bacterium       vibrion eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella genus Vibrio - a genus of bacteria comma bacillus, Vibrio comma - comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera Vibrio fetus - bacteria that cause abortion in sheep