Definitions for yersinia pestis

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Yersinia pestis(noun)

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

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Yersinia pestis

    The etiologic agent of PLAGUE in man, rats, ground squirrels, and other rodents.


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