pas·teu·rel·la
n 1 cap : a genus of gram-negative facultatively anaerobic nonmotile rod bacteria of the family Pasteurellaceae that stain differentially at the poles of the cell and include several important pathogens esp. of domestic animals - see HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA YERSINIA 2 pl -las or -lae : any bacterium of the genus Pasteurella .
Similar sounding terms: post·oral pos·tur·al
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