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yersinia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables
yersinia
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Gram-negative bacterium, of the genus Yersinia, that is an etiological agent of several diseases in animals and humans, notably Yersinia pestis, which causes bubonic plague.

Etymology

Borrowed from Translingual Yersinia.

Inflected Forms

yersinias (plural) yersiniae (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

yersinial

Questions

What does yersinia mean?
A Gram-negative bacterium, of the genus Yersinia, that is an etiological agent of several diseases in animals and humans, notably Yersinia pestis, which causes bubonic plague.
Where does yersinia come from?
Borrowed from Translingual Yersinia.

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