CAMPYLOBACTER


Meaning of CAMPYLOBACTER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌkam-pi-lō-ˈbak-tər, kam-ˌpi-lə- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kampylos bent + New Latin bacterium; akin to Greek kampē bend — more at gambit

Date: 1964

: any of a genus ( Campylobacter ) of spirally curved motile gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of which some are pathogenic in domestic animals and humans

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.