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pasteurella

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[pas-tuh-rel-uh] / ˌpæs təˈrɛl ə /

noun

Bacteriology.

plural

pasteurellae, pasteurellas
  1. any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pasturella, certain species of which are parasitic and pathogenic for humans and animals.


Etymology

Origin of pasteurella

< New Latin (1887), after L. Pasteur; see -ella