brucella

[ broo-sel-uh ]

noun,plural bru·cel·lae [broo-sel-ee], /bruˈsɛl i/, bru·cel·las.Bacteriology.
  1. any of several rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Brucella, certain species of which, as B. melitensis, are pathogenic for humans and other animals.

Origin of brucella

1
1920; <New Latin; after D. Bruce; see -ella

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