| 单词 | plague bacillus |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplague bacillus plague bacillus n. the bacterium Yersinia pestis, a Gram-negative ovoid organism of the family Enterobacteriaceae which is the causative agent of plague. ΚΠ 1894 Lancet 4 Aug. 270/1 Dr. Kitasato has discovered and described a specific plague bacillus. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiii. 292 The rat-flea..bites man after having sucked the blood of a rat infected with the plague bacillus. 2000 Pop. Sci. Dec. 34/2 These unusual weather patterns allowed Yersinia pestis, the plague bacillus, to steamroll across Europe and the Middle East. < as lemmas |
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