yersinia pestis

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   a bacillus bacterium that causes the plague; aerosolized bacteria can be used as a bioweapon

   Broaderbacillus

Questions about yersinia pestis

What does yersinia pestis mean?

yersinia pestis means "a bacillus bacterium that causes the plague; aerosolized bacteria can be used as a bioweapon".

Is yersinia pestis a common word?

yersinia pestis 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.