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mycobacteria

[mahy-koh-bak-teer-ee-uh]

plural noun, singular my·co·bac·te·ri·um [mahy-koh-bak-teer-ee-uh m] /ˌmaɪ koʊ bækˈtɪər i əm/. Bacteriology.

rod-shaped aerobic bacteria of the genus Mycobacterium, certain species of which, as M. tuberculosis, are pathogenic for humans and animals.

Nearby words

  1. mycetoma,
  2. mycetophagous,
  3. mycetozoan,
  4. mycid,
  5. myco-,
  6. mycobacteriosis,
  7. mycobacterium,
  8. mycobacterium balnei,
  9. mycobacterium kansasii,
  10. mycobacterium leprae

Origin of mycobacteria

< New Latin (1896); see myco-, bacteria
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British Dictionary definitions for mycobacterium

mycobacterium

noun plural -ria (-rɪə)

any of the rod-shaped Gram-positive bacteria of the genus Mycobacterium, some of which cause human diseases, such as tuberculosis and leprosy
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Medicine definitions for mycobacterium

mycobacterium

[mī′kō-băk-tîr′ē-əm]

n.

Any of various slender rod-shaped aerobic bacteria of the genus Mycobacterium, which includes the bacteria that cause tuberculosis and leprosy.

Mycobacterium

n.

A genus of aerobic, nonmotile bacteria containing gram-positive rods and including both parasitic and saprophytic species.
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