bacteria

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /bækˈtɪɹ.i.ə/
• (British) IPA: /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪ.ə/

Noun

1. plural form of bacterium
2. (US) A type, species, or strain of bacterium.
3. (US, proscribed) Alternative form of bacterium.
4. (pejorative, slang) A derisive term for a lowlife or a slob (could be treated as plural or singular).

Translations

• French: bactéries
• German: Bakterien
• Italian: batteri
• Portuguese: bactérias
• Russian: бакте́рия
• Spanish: bacterias

Noun

bacteria (plural bacteriae)

1. (dated, medicine) An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus.

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