KLEBSIELLA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of nonmotile rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some cause respiratory and other infections

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("klebsiella" is a kind of...):

enteric bacteria; enterics; enterobacteria; entric (rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals)

Holonyms ("klebsiella" is a member of...):

genus Klebsiella (a genus of bacteria)

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