diphtheroid
[ dif-thuh-roid, dip- ]
adjectivePathology.
resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
noun
any bacterium, especially of the genus Corynebacterium, that resembles the diphtheria bacillus but does not produce diphtheria toxin.
Origin of diphtheroid
1First recorded in 1860–65; diphther(ia) + -oid
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