pasteurella

[ pas-tuh-rel-uh ]
/ ˌpæs təˈrɛl ə /

noun, plural pas·teu·rel·lae [pas-tuh-rel-ee] /ˌpæs təˈrɛl i/, pas·teu·rel·las. Bacteriology.

any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pasturella, certain species of which are parasitic and pathogenic for humans and animals.

Origin of pasteurella

< New Latin (1887), after L. Pasteur; see -ella

Words nearby pasteurella

pasternak, boris, pasteur, pasteur effect, pasteur treatment, pasteur, louis, pasteurella, pasteurella multocida, pasteurella pestis, pasteurella pseudotuberculosis, pasteurella tularensis, pasteurellosis

Medical definitions for pasteurella

Pasteurella
[ păs′chə-rĕl′ə, păs′tə- ]

n.

A genus of aerobic to facultatively anaerobic, nonmotile bacteria of the family Pastuerellaceae containing small gram-negative rods; they are parasites of humans and other animals.