Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun enterics

1 sense of enterics

Sense 1
enteric bacteria, enterobacteria, enterics, entric -- (rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals)
       => eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria -- (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)