KLEBSIELLA

klebsiella

(noun) a genus of nonmotile rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some cause respiratory and other infections

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

klebsiella (plural klebsiellas)

Any of the genus Klebsiella of rod-shaped bacteria, which cause many diseases in humans.

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

2 July 2025

RESTITUTION

(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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