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COMMA BACILLUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does comma bacillus mean?
• COMMA BACILLUS (noun)
The noun COMMA BACILLUS has 1 sense:
1. comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera
Familiarity information: COMMA BACILLUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
comma bacillus; Vibrio comma
Hypernyms ("comma bacillus" is a kind of...):
vibrio; vibrion (curved rodlike motile bacterium)
Holonyms ("comma bacillus" is a member of...):
genus Vibrio (a genus of bacteria)
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