typhoid bacillus
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of typhoid bacillus
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Nowadays, the typhoid bacillus is "literally no longer a problem" to Dr. Leslie A. Chambers, research director of the center.
From Time Magazine Archive
Inoculation of such a carrier is wholly ineffective in destroying the typhoid bacillus which makes him a menace to society.
From Time Magazine Archive
Reason for the project: Japanese soil has been heavily fertilized with night soil for centuries; vegetables grown in such farmland are fresh but may harbor disease-producing bacteria like the typhoid bacillus.
From Time Magazine Archive
The former, like the typhoid bacillus, always produce trouble when they succeed in entering the body and finding a foothold.
From The Story of Germ Life by Conn, H. W. (Herbert William)
Experiments were carried out, and it was assumed, not without good reason, that the bacillus was the primary cause of the malady, and it was accordingly labelled the typhoid bacillus.
From God and my Neighbour by Blatchford, Robert
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