- Legionnaires' bacillus
- Le·gion·naires' bacillus .lē-jə-'na(ə)rz-, -'ne(ə)rz- n a bacterium of the genus Legionella (L. pneumophila) that causes Legionnaires' disease
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Legionnaires' bacillus
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