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VIBRIONIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Caused by bacteria of the genus Vibrio
Example:
vibrionic dysentery
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
genus Vibrio (a genus of bacteria)
Derivation:
vibrio (curved rodlike motile bacterium)