vibrio

[ vib-ree-oh ]

/ ˈvɪb riˌoʊ /

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noun, plural vib·ri·os.Bacteriology.

any of several comma- or S-shaped bacteria of the genus Vibrio, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other animals.

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Origin of vibrio

<New Latin (1854), equivalent to Latin vibr(āre) to shake + -iō noun suffix

OTHER WORDS FROM vibrio

vib·ri·oid

[vib-ree-oid], /ˈvɪb riˌɔɪd/, adjective

Words nearby vibrio

vibration white finger, vibrato, vibrato arm, vibrator, vibratory, vibrio, vibrionic, vibriosis, vibrissa, vibro-, vibrograph

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How to use vibrio in a sentence

Why Vibrio harveyi collectively glow in such large numbers is still a mystery, but team member Steve Haddock, a marine biologist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, has some ideas.
Trillions of Bacteria Are Screaming with Light - Issue 108: Change|Rebecca R. Helm|November 3, 2021|Nautilus
During the 1892 cholera epidemic in France, he drank Cholera vibrio, a bacteria that causes the disease.
The Man Who Drank Cholera and Launched the Yogurt Craze - Issue 100: Outsiders|Lina Zeldovich|May 19, 2021|Nautilus
Some scientists dispute that an infection causes bleaching because they failed to isolate those vibrio bacteria from bleached coral.
When Evolution Is Infectious - Issue 90: Something Green|Moises Velasquez-Manoff|September 30, 2020|Nautilus
He has studied the Vibrio genus of bacteria for more than 40 years and still finds it eminently fascinating.
Inside Florida’s Battle With the Flesh-Eating Vibrio Vulnificus|Jacqui Goddard|October 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST

A crabber is Florida's latest casualty of the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio Vulnificus.
Inside Florida’s Battle With the Flesh-Eating Vibrio Vulnificus|Jacqui Goddard|October 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Test the vibrio isolated against the serum of an animal immunised to the Vibrio choleræ for agglutination.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique|John William Henry Eyre
Among the animal parasites may be mentioned the weevil, vibrio tritici, which feeds upon the starch cells of the grain.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883|Various
The longitudinal type characterises such genera as Vibrio, Filaria, Gordius, and all the annulate animals.
Form and Function|E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
Vibrio spirillum is excessively minute, colourless, and found in decomposing vegetable mixtures.
An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope|John William Griffith
Fortunately the patient recovered, and this terrifying experiment proved indisputably the specificity of the cholera vibrio.
Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916|Olga Metchnikoff

British Dictionary definitions for vibrio

vibrio

/ (ˈvɪbrɪˌəʊ) /

noun plural -os

any curved or spiral rodlike Gram-negative bacterium of the genus Vibrio, including V. cholerae, which causes cholera: family Spirillaceae

Derived forms of vibrio

vibrioid, adjective

Word Origin for vibrio

C19: from New Latin, from Latin vibrāre to vibrate

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