Medical Dictionary

Moraxella

noun Mor·ax·el·la \ˌmr-ak-ˈsel-ə\

Medical Definition of MORAXELLA

:  a genus of short rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria of the family Neisseriaceae that includes the causative agent (M. lacunata) of Morax-Axenfeld conjunctivitis

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