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vibrio
(encz) | vibrio, n: |
Vibrio
(gcide) | Vibrio \Vib"ri*o\, prop. n.; pl. E. Vibrios, L. Vibriones.
[NL., fr. L. vibrare to vibrate, to move by undulations.]
(Biol.)
A genus of motile bacteria characterized by short, slightly
sinuous filaments and an undulatory motion; also, an
individual of this genus.
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vibrio
(wn) | vibrio
n 1: curved rodlike motile bacterium [syn: vibrio, vibrion] |
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vibrion
(encz) | vibrion, n: |
vibrionic
(encz) | vibrionic, adj: |
Vibrio
(gcide) | Vibrio \Vib"ri*o\, prop. n.; pl. E. Vibrios, L. Vibriones.
[NL., fr. L. vibrare to vibrate, to move by undulations.]
(Biol.)
A genus of motile bacteria characterized by short, slightly
sinuous filaments and an undulatory motion; also, an
individual of this genus.
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Vibrio cholerae
(gcide) | Algid \Al"gid\ ([a^]l"j[i^]d), a. [L. algidus cold, fr. algere
to be cold: cf. F. algide.]
1. Cold; chilly. --Bailey. AS
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2. (Med.) Characterized by the presence of shock and cold
skin.
[AS]
Algid cholera (Med.),
(a) A term formerly used for a classic untreated cholera
(also called Asiatic cholera, caused by {Vibrio
cholerae}); it is marked by three stages that succeed
each other. These stages include a watery diarrhea
stage, a stage of shock and collapse characterized by
a cold skin and, the final stage of high fever.
Patients usually die at the second stage of the
disease.
(b) In its modern use, algid cholera refers to a cholera
that has entered the second stage of the disease. In
the 19th century, the term algid cholera referred to
Asiatic cholera, to distinguish it from other less
specific intestinal afflictions.
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Vibriones
(gcide) | Vibrio \Vib"ri*o\, prop. n.; pl. E. Vibrios, L. Vibriones.
[NL., fr. L. vibrare to vibrate, to move by undulations.]
(Biol.)
A genus of motile bacteria characterized by short, slightly
sinuous filaments and an undulatory motion; also, an
individual of this genus.
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Vibrios
(gcide) | Vibrio \Vib"ri*o\, prop. n.; pl. E. Vibrios, L. Vibriones.
[NL., fr. L. vibrare to vibrate, to move by undulations.]
(Biol.)
A genus of motile bacteria characterized by short, slightly
sinuous filaments and an undulatory motion; also, an
individual of this genus.
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genus vibrio
(wn) | genus Vibrio
n 1: a genus of bacteria |
vibrio comma
(wn) | Vibrio comma
n 1: comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera [syn:
comma bacillus, Vibrio comma] |
vibrio fetus
(wn) | Vibrio fetus
n 1: bacteria that cause abortion in sheep |
vibrion
(wn) | vibrion
n 1: curved rodlike motile bacterium [syn: vibrio, vibrion] |
vibrionic
(wn) | vibrionic
adj 1: caused by bacteria of the genus Vibrio; "vibrionic
dysentery" |
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