Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various short, motile, S-shaped or comma-shaped bacteria of the genus Vibrio, especially V. cholerae, which causes cholera.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A genus or formgenus of Schizomycetes or bacteria, by some authorities regarded as the same as Spirillum. They have cylindrical, curved, or spirally wound rigid cells, provided at each end with a cilium. They occur in infusions, on teeth, in sea-water, etc. (See Spirillum, Schizomycetes.) The genus is a very old one, having been characterized by O. F. Müller in 1786 as “elongate infusorians without external organs,” and has included at times various minute animals which have nothing to do with it. See def. 3.
- n. [lowercase; pl. vibrios or vibriones (vib′ ri-ōz, vibri-ō′ nēz).] A member of this genus; a vibrion; a motile bacterium.
- n. [lowercase] An animalcule like or mistaken for a bacterium, and misplaced in the genus Vibrio: an old name of some minute nematoids, as those species of Tylenchus which infest wheat and cause ear-cockles.
Wiktionary
- n. Any of several bacteria, of the genus Vibrio, shaped like a curved rod
WordNet 3.0
- n. curved rodlike motile bacterium
Etymologies
- New Latin Vibriō, genus name, from Latin vibrāre, to vibrate (from their vibratory motion); see vibrate. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Cholera is an serious intestinal infection caused by eating food or drinking water contaminated with a bacteria known as vibrio cholera.”
“Second quote:"The water in New Orleans has always had organisms called vibrio that cause cholera and cholera-like illnesses and could result in diarrhea, fever and severe dehydration.”
“Cholera, an acute diarrheal disease caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium vibrio cholerae, can be spread when food or water becomes contaminated by the feces of an infected person.”
The Wall Street Journal: Health Officials Expect Cholera to Spread in Haitian Capital
“Rates of vibrio, bacteria that can contaminate raw shellfish, are up approximately 22%; and rates of listeria, found in raw or undercooked meat, dairy products, smoked fish and hot dogs and lunchmeats, are up approximately 19%, the report shows.”
“The most recent data shows that there were 11 deaths due to vibrio in California, Florida, Louisiana and Texas.”
“Deaths caused by vibrio vulnificus are trending downward, says Kevin Begos, director of the Franklin County (Florida) Oyster and Seafood Task Force.”
“This year the Food and Drug Administration tried to require that raw oysters harvested in Gulf states in summer be treated in order to lower rates of an especially dangerous form of vibrio: vibrio vulnificus.”
“In some instances, the cuts allow a dangerous seaborne bacterium, vibrio vulnificus, to infect the skin, causing blistering or lesions.”
The Huffington Post: Michelle Chen: Crab Industry Workers Reveal Injustice of 'Legal' Migrant Labor
“The culprit is vibrio, a naturally occurring bacteria that's more prevalent in the bay during hot weather.”
The Washington Post: Md.: A spike in seafood-related illness
“The state health department says there have been 24 cases of vibrio infection this year.”
The Washington Post: Md.: A spike in seafood-related illness
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