Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
yeoman
yeoman of the guard
yeomanly
yeomanry
yep
YER
yerba
Yerkish
yersinia
yersiniosis
yes
yes man
yes/no question
yeshiva
yessir
yester-
yesterday
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

U.S. English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

yersinia

yersinia [ yur sínni ə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
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.

[Mid-20th century. < After A. E. J. Yersin (1863-1943), Swiss-born French bacteriologist]
Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft