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| yer·sin·i·a [ yur sínnee ə ] |
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disease-causing bacterium: a Gram-negative bacterium that may cause disease in humans and animals. One of these bacteria is a cause of gastric infections, while another causes bubonic plague. Genus Yersinia.
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| [Mid-20th century. < After A. E. J. Yersin (1863-1943), Swiss-born French bacteriologist] |
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