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Legionella

American  
[lee-juh-nel-uh] / ˌli dʒəˈnɛl ə /

noun

  1. a genus of rod- or coccus-shaped aerobic Gram-negative bacteria, certain species of which, as L. pneumophila, produce legionnaires' disease.

legionella British  
/ ˌliːdʒəˈnɛlə /

noun

  1. any Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Legionella, including L. pneumophila, which causes legionnaire's disease

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Etymology

Origin of Legionella

< New Latin (1979), after legionnaires' disease; -ella

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