legionella

Meaning of legionella

noun
  1. the bacterium which causes legionnaires' disease, flourishing in air conditioning and central heating systems.
    legionella could survive over a year inside pipes
    some legionellae are sensitive to this drug

1970s: modern Latin, from legion + the diminutive suffix -ella .

Information about legionella

Hyphenation of legionella

le-gionella

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
  • legionella is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with legionella

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