Moraxella
noun
Mor·ax·el·la
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Medical Definition of Moraxella
: a genus of short rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria that is placed in either of two families (Moraxellaceae or Neisseriaceae) and includes the causative agent (M. lacunata) of Morax-Axenfeld conjunctivitis