LEGIONELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does legionella mean? 

• LEGIONELLA (noun)
  The noun LEGIONELLA has 1 sense:

1. the motile aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that thrives in central heating and air conditioning systems and can cause Legionnaires' disease

  Familiarity information: LEGIONELLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEGIONELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The motile aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that thrives in central heating and air conditioning systems and can cause Legionnaires' disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

legionella; Legionella pneumophilia

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

bacteria; bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)