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pasteurella

[ pas-tuh-rel-uh ]

noun

, Bacteriology.
, plural pas·teu·rel·lae [pas-t, uh, -, rel, -ee], pas·teu·rel·las.
  1. any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pasturella, certain species of which are parasitic and pathogenic for humans and animals.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pasteurella1

< New Latin (1887), after L. Pasteur; -ella

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