Klebs

[ klebz; German kleyps ]

/ klɛbz; German kleɪps /

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noun

Ed·win

[ed-win; German et-veen], /ˈɛd wɪn; German ˈɛt vin/, 1834–1913, German pathologist and bacteriologist.

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Words nearby Klebs

Klausenburg, klavern, klaxon, kleagle, Kléber, Klebs, klebsiella, Klebs-Löffler bacillus, Klee, Kleenex, Klee, Paul

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How to use Klebs in a sentence

All scientific writers upon diphtheria agree that it is caused by the Klebs-Loeffler bacillus.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
It is caused by the Klebs-Loeffler bacillus, and it most frequently attacks the throat and nostrils.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
In true conjunctival diphtheria the exciting cause is the Klebs-Lffler bacillus.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1|Various
The Klebs-Loeffler bacillus may find a suitable habitat in a malignant area of lung tissue and thrive therein.
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Meyer regards them as chlamydospores, and Klebs as "carpospores" or possibly chlamydospores similar to the endospores of yeast.
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Scientific definitions for Klebs

Klebs

[ klāps ]

Edwin 1834-1913

German bacteriologist who described the diphtheria bacillus in 1883 although he did not demonstrate it to be the cause of the disease. It wasn't until a year later that Friedrich Löffler made the causal link between the disease and the bacillus, which is now named after both of them. Klebs also demonstrated the presence of bacteria in infected wounds and showed that tuberculosis can be transmitted through infected milk.