vibrio

 
Pronunciation: /ˈvɪbrɪəʊ, ˈvʌɪ-/

noun (plural vibrios)

Medicine
  • a water-borne bacterium of a group that includes some pathogenic kinds that cause cholera, gastroenteritis, and septicaemia.
    • Vibrio and related genera; motile Gram-negative bacteria occurring as curved flagellated rods

Origin:

modern Latin, from Latin vibrare 'vibrate'