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| Domain | Definition |
Environment | A genus of bacteria, some species of which have caused a type of pneumonia called Legionaires Disease. (references) |
Health | Gram-negative aerobic rods, isolated from surface water, mud, or thermally polluted lakes or streams. It is pathogenic for man and it has no known soil or animal sources. (references) |
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Crosswords: LEGIONELLA |
| Specialty definitions using "LEGIONELLA": Legionellosis, Legionnaires'disease ♦ Surface-Water Treatment Rule. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "LEGIONELLA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Latin (legionella, Legionella pneumophila), Portuguese (legionella). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Transmission electron micrograph of Legionella pneumophila. Credit: CDC. |  | Newspaper articles related to Legionnaires' Disease outbreaks. It was discovered during this time that the disease Legionellosis is an infection caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila. Credit: CDC. |
 | Legionnaire's disease is an acute and sometimes fatal respiratory illness caused by the Legionella pneumophila bacterium. Headache, high fever, cough, and flu-like symptoms accompany the condition. Credit: CDC. |  | The Legionella pneumophila bacteria are tagged with a monoclonal antibody treated with a fluorescein dye. After binding to the bacteria the slide is viewed under UV light, and the bacterial cell walls glow green. Credit: CDC. |
 | Legionella pneumophila grows well on this medium, and the colonies take on a circular, off-white growth pattern. Credit: CDC. |  | The first discovery of bacteria from the genus Legionella came in 1976 when an outbreak of pneumonia at an American Legion convention led to 29 deaths. The causative agent, known as Legionella pneumophila, was isolated and given its own genus. Credit: CDC. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Later, the bacterium causing the illness was named Legionella. (references) | |
Legionella organisms can be found in many types of water systems. (references) | ||
Legionellosis is an infection caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila. (references) | ||
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| "LEGIONELLA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 52.94% of the time. "LEGIONELLA" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 52.94% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (singular) | 47.06% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "LEGIONELLA": European Working Group on Legionella Infections ♦ Legionella bacteria ♦ Legionella pneumophila. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "LEGIONELLA": legionella-laden. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
legionella | 144 |
legionella pneumophilia | 10 |
legionella risk | 7 |
legionella bacterium | 7 |
disease legionella legionnaires | 6 |
legionella pneumophila | 6 |
legionella control | 5 |
legionella pneumonia | 4 |
legionella disease | 3 |
legionella prevention | 3 |
disinfection legionella | 3 |
legionella light ultraviolet | 2 |
chlorine legionella | 2 |
beheersplan legionella | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "LEGIONELLA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Legionella. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Legionella pneumophilla, Legionella. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | legionella. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | légionelle. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Legionelle, Legionella. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λεγιονέλλα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Legionella. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | egionellalay legionella. (various references) Legionella. (various references) Legionella. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | legionella. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-i-l-l-l-n-o" | |
-3 letters: allonge, galilee, gallein, galleon, illegal, lalling, linalol, lineage, lolling. | |
-4 letters: allege, allele, eloign, eolian, gallon, genial, goalie, legion, lienal, linage, lineal, nellie, niello, oleine. | |
-5 letters: agene, agile, aglee, agone, algin, alien, align, aline, allee, aloin, alone, along, anele, angel, angle, anile, anole, eagle, elain, eloin, genie, genoa, glean, glial, gonia, ileal, ingle, legal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-i-l-l-l-n-o" | |
+3 letters: selenological. | |
+4 letters: dinoflagellate, genealogically. | |
+5 letters: allegoricalness, dinoflagellates, illogicalnesses. | |
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