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vib·ri·o
(vĭb′rē-ō′)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.
[New Latin Vibriō, genus name, from Latin vibrāre, to vibrate (from their vibratory motion); see vibrate.]
vib′ri·oid′ (-oid′) adj.
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vibrio
(ˈvɪbrɪˌəʊ)n, pl -os
(Microbiology) any curved or spiral rodlike Gram-negative bacterium of the genus Vibrio, including V. cholerae, which causes cholera: family Spirillaceae
[C19: from New Latin, from Latin vibrāre to vibrate]
ˈvibriˌoid adj
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vib•ri•o
(ˈvɪb riˌoʊ)n., pl. -ri•os.
any of several comma- or S-shaped bacteria of the genus Vibrio, certain species of which are pathogenic.
[< New Latin (1854)]
vib′ri•oid`, adj.
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| Noun | 1. |  vibrio - curved rodlike motile bacterium 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 |
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