yərˈsinēə, yer- noun
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Etymology: New Latin, genus name, after A.E.J. Yersin died 1943 French bacteriologist
1. capitalized : a genus of gram-negative bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae that includes several important pathogens (as the plague bacterium Y. pestis ) affecting animals and man and formerly included in the genus Pasteurella
2. : any bacterium of the genus Yersinia