bacteriology

[ bak-teer-ee-ol-uh-jee ]

noun

1. a branch of microbiology dealing with the identification, study, and cultivation of bacteria and with their applications in medicine, agriculture, industry, and biotechnology.

bacteriology

/ bækˌtɪərɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl; bækˌtɪərɪˈɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. the branch of science concerned with the study of bacteria

bacteriology

/ băk-tîr′ē-ŏl′ə-jē /

1. The scientific study of bacteria, especially bacteria that cause disease.

Derived Forms

• bacteriological, adjective
• bacˌteriˈologist, noun
• bacˌterioˈlogically, adverb

Other Words From

• bac·te·ri·o·log·i·cal [bak-teer-ee-, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l], bac·teri·o·logic adjective
• bac·teri·o·logi·cal·ly adverb
• bac·teri·olo·gist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bacteriology¹

First recorded in 1880–85; bacterio- + -logy

Example Sentences

A study of blood bacteriology is useful, but is hardly practicable for the practitioner.

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Bacteriology, which first took away the idea of diathesis, is now giving it back.

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Essentials of Bacteriology: being a concise and systematic introduction to the Study of Micro-organisms.

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There have been great discoveries made in chemistry, biology, bacteriology and medicine within recent years.

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Bacteriology owes its scientific content to the method of isolation and culture of microbes.

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