bacteriology
[bak-teer-ee-ol-uh-jee]
- a branch of microbiology dealing with the identification, study, and cultivation of bacteria and with their applications in medicine, agriculture, industry, and biotechnology.
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Origin of bacteriology
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"Congenial environment and bacteriology," responded his dragoman.
Another SheafJohn Galsworthy
Music is acquiring a technology as confusing and as extensive as bacteriology.
Great Pianists on Piano PlayingJames Francis Cooke
Bacteriology, at the time of the passing of the Act, had hardly made a beginning.
Experiments on AnimalsStephen Paget
Very little was said of pathology; and of bacteriology next to nothing.
Experiments on AnimalsStephen Paget
A microscope is good and a telescope is good, but it is the microscope that one uses in bacteriology.
HieroglyphicsArthur Machen
bacteriology
- the branch of science concerned with the study of bacteria
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bacteriology
(băk-tîr′ē-ŏl′ə-jē)- The study of bacteria, especially in relation to medicine and agriculture.
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bacteriology
[băk-tîr′ē-ŏl′ə-jē]
- The scientific study of bacteria, especially bacteria that cause disease.
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