legionella

[医]〔复legionellae〕军团杆菌

词形变化

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释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Bacteria of the genus Legionella.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

bacteria bacterium

词源

From legion + translingual -ella, from Latin legio. Constructed from "American Legion", after an outbreak of a then-unknown "mystery disease" (Legionnaires' disease) at a convention of the American Legion in Philadelphia in 1976.

来源：wiktionary