legionella
/ˌliːdʒəˈnelə/noun
(pl. legionellae /-liː/)
1- mass noun the bacterium which causes legionnaires' disease, flourishing in air conditioning and central heating systems（造成军团病、滋生于空调和中央供暖系统中的）军团菌属。
1.1
- Legionella pneumophila, a motile aerobic rod-shaped (or filamentous) Gram-negative bacterium.拉丁名Legionella pneumophila,嗜肺军团菌, 一种游走性需氧革兰氏阴性杆菌。
1.2
- informal legionnaires' disease〈非正式〉军团病。
词源
late 20th cent.: modern Latin， from LEGION+ the diminutive suffix -ella.