comma bacillus

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   comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera

   SynonymsVibrio comma

   Broadervibrio

   Part ofgenus Vibrio

Questions about comma bacillus

What does comma bacillus mean?

comma bacillus means "comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera".

What is another word for comma bacillus?

Close synonyms include Vibrio comma. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is comma bacillus a common word?

comma bacillus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.