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单词 vibrio
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Definition of vibrio in English:

vibrio

nounPlural vibrios ˈvɪbrɪəʊˈvʌɪbrɪəʊˈvɪbriˌoʊ
Medicine
  • A water-borne bacterium of a group that includes some pathogenic kinds that cause cholera, gastroenteritis, and septicaemia.

    〔医〕弧菌

    Vibrio and related genera; motile Gram-negative bacteria occurring as curved flagellated rods

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In a recent incident, a particularly virulent South American strain of the bacteria vibrio parahaemoliticus, a relative of cholera, was tied to more than 400 cases of serious human illness across 13 states.
    • Current research in molecular biology is aimed at finding out why cholera vibrios are such potent pathogens.
    • The main causes are pathogenic bacteria, such as enterotoxin e. coli, campylobacter jejuni, shigella, salmonella and vibrio, that enter the body from contaminated food and drinking water.
    • It normally lives in warm seawater and is part of a group of vibrios that are called ‘halophilic’ because they require salt.
    • Cholera vibrios release a poison that damages the lining of the intestine so that it leaks fluids and salts, and as a result, the patient is intensely dehydrated.

Origin

Modern Latin, from Latin vibrare 'vibrate'.

Definition of vibrio in US English:

vibrio

nounˈvɪbriˌoʊˈvibrēˌō
Medicine
  • A waterborne bacterium of a group that includes some pathogenic kinds that cause cholera, gastroenteritis, and septicemia.

    〔医〕弧菌

    Vibrio and related genera; motile Gram-negative bacteria occurring as curved flagellated rods

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Cholera vibrios release a poison that damages the lining of the intestine so that it leaks fluids and salts, and as a result, the patient is intensely dehydrated.
    • The main causes are pathogenic bacteria, such as enterotoxin e. coli, campylobacter jejuni, shigella, salmonella and vibrio, that enter the body from contaminated food and drinking water.
    • It normally lives in warm seawater and is part of a group of vibrios that are called ‘halophilic’ because they require salt.
    • In a recent incident, a particularly virulent South American strain of the bacteria vibrio parahaemoliticus, a relative of cholera, was tied to more than 400 cases of serious human illness across 13 states.
    • Current research in molecular biology is aimed at finding out why cholera vibrios are such potent pathogens.

Origin

Modern Latin, from Latin vibrare ‘vibrate’.

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