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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

/ bækˌtɪərɪˈɒlədʒɪ; bækˌtɪərɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

noun

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

/ băk-tîr′ē-ŏlə-jē /

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


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Derived Forms

  • bacˌteriˈologist, noun
  • bacteriological, adjective
  • bacˌterioˈlogically, adverb
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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bacteriology1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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