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bacteroides

[ bak-tuh-roi-deez ]

noun

, plural bac·te·roi·des.
  1. any of several rod-shaped, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Bacteroides, occurring in the alimentary and genitourinary tracts of humans and other mammals, certain species of which are pathogenic.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bacteroides1

First recorded in 1920–25; from New Latin; bacteri-, -oid

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Example Sentences

Cultivation and classification of "bacteroides," "symbionts," or "rickettsiae" of Blattella germanica.

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