helicobacter
See also: Helicobacter
English
editEtymology
editFrom the genus name.
Noun
edithelicobacter (plural helicobacters)
- Any member of the Helicobacter bacteria.
- 2007 April 24, Nicholas Bakalar, “Resistance: Bacterium Linked to Ulcers May Lower Risk of Asthma”, in New York Times[1]:
- “We provide evidence that there is a relationship between the decrease in helicobacter prevalence and the increase in childhood asthma.”