tubercle bacillus
the bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, causing tuberculosis.
Origin of tubercle bacillus
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How to use tubercle bacillus in a sentence
There are a number of bacilli, called acid-fast bacilli, which stain in the same way as the tubercle bacillus.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddOrdinarily, no attempt is made to identify any but the tubercle bacillus and the gonococcus.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThis will show all bacteria except the tubercle bacillus, and often no other stain is necessary for their identification.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddIn tuberculous disease the tubercle bacillus is present in the discharge, but its detection offers some difficulties.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddVery few human beings entirely escape infection from the tubercle bacillus at some time in life.
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British Dictionary definitions for tubercle bacillus
a rodlike Gram-positive bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, that causes tuberculosis: family Mycobacteriaceae
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