Main Entry:

cam·pylo·bac·ter

Pronunciation:

\ˌkam-pi-lō-ˈbak-tər, kam-ˌpi-lə-\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

New Latin, from Greek kampylos bent + New Latin bacterium; akin to Greek kampē bend — more at gambit

Date:

1964

: any of a genus (Campylobacter) of spirally curved motile gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of which some are pathogenic in domestic animals and humans