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diplobacillus

American

[dip-loh-buh-sil-uhs] / ˌdɪp loʊ bəˈsɪl əs /

noun

Bacteriology.

a double bacillus; two bacilli linked end to end.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

diplobacili

plural

Etymology

Origin of diplobacillus

First recorded in 1900–05; diplo- + bacillus

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