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🦠 A harmful bacterium 🦠 Causing wounds
vulnificus

vulnificus

9.9
Causing serious wounds or harm to people in medical situations
  • adjective
  • Specialized
translation icon : vulnificus
  • The vulnificus bacteria can cause serious infections in humans.

Examples

  • Doctors warned that exposure to vulnificus organisms in seawater could lead to dangerous wounds.

  • The vulnificus bacteria can lead to serious infections.

  • Researchers studied the effects of vulnificus toxins on animal tissue.

  • Infections caused by vulnificus are particularly dangerous.

  • The Vibrio vulnificus bacteria can lead to severe skin infections in individuals with open wounds.

  • Infections caused by vulnificus often require immediate medical attention to prevent serious complications.

  • Eating raw seafood contaminated with vulnificus can pose a significant risk to vulnerable individuals.

Synonyms

hurtful
vsvulnificus
1 2.9

Causing harm to living things like people or animals

is specific to medical or biological cases causing physical injury
wounding
vsvulnificus
6.3

Causing emotional pain or hurt

focuses on physical wounds in medical or biological contexts

How Harmful

lethal
193 4.8
dangerous
∞ 1.5
vulnificus
  • Specialized
9.9
harmful
161 2.6
harmless
231 1.0

Surface Forms

vulnificus positive

Etymology

Vulnificus comes from the Latin vulnus 'wound' and the ending -ficus 'making', so it literally means 'wound-maker'. That's why vulnificus is used to describe something that causes wounds, and the same vuln- appears in vulnerable to help you remember.