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单词 proteus
释义

proteus1

/ˈprəʊtɪəs /
noun
1A bacterium found in the intestines of animals and in the soil.
  • Genus Proteus; motile Gram-negative rods.
Luckily for us, although they have some fussy tastes, many of the bacteria they like to eat are major pathogens, so they eat proteus and proteus is a bacterium that causes a lot of urinary tract infections....
  • Other common organisms are proteus, klebbsiela, staphylococcus and enterococcus fecalis.
  • If a proteus or another organism that can split urea is isolated from the urine the chance of underlying stone disease is considerably higher.
2 another term for olm.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Proteus.

Proteus2

/ˈprəʊtɪəs /
1 Greek Mythology A minor sea god who had the power of prophecy but would assume different shapes to avoid answering questions.
2 Astronomy A satellite of Neptune, the sixth closest to the planet, discovered by the Voyager 2 space probe in 1989 (diameter 400 km).

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