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Klebs-Löffler bacillus

[klebz-lef-ler; German kleyps-lœf-luh r]

noun

a bacterium, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which causes diphtheria.

Origin of Klebs-Löffler bacillus

1890–95; named after E. Klebs and F. A. J. Löffler

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British Dictionary definitions for klebs-loffler bacillus

Klebs-Löffler bacillus

noun

a rodlike Gram-positive bacterium, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, that causes diphtheria: family Corynebacteriaceae.

Word Origin for Klebs-Löffler bacillus

C19: named after Edwin Klebs (1834–1913) and Friedrich A. J. Löffler (1852–1915), German bacteriologists

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klebs-loffler bacillus in Medicine

Klebs-Löffler bacillus

[klĕbz′lĕf′lər, klāps′lœf′lər]

n.

A gram-positive, nonmotile, rod-shaped bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae that causes diphtheria in humans and produces an exotoxin that causes tissue degeneration.

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