tubercle-bacillus
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tubercle bacillus
noun
the bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, causing tuberculosis.
Origin:
1895–1900
1895–1900
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| tubercle bacillus | |
| —n | |
| a rodlike Gram-positive bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, that causes tuberculosis: family Mycobacteriaceae | |
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tubercle bacillus n.
The rod-shaped, gram-negative, aerobic bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis that causes tuberculosis. Also called Koch's bacillus.
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