[ad. mod.L. vibriōn- VIBRIO. Cf. F. vibrion.]
1. A vibratile filament or appendage.
1853. Kane, Grinnell Exp., xlvii. (1857), 433. Clios … were flashing colored light in shady places from their ciliary vibrions.
2. Bacteriol. A vibrio or vibrioid bacterium.
1882. Pop. Sci. Monthly, XX. 801. Studies on butyric fermentation and the vibrion which is characteristic of it.
1889. Nature, 7 Nov., 3. ‘Vibrions’ or ‘microbes’ and the so-called bacteriology.
