pneumobacillus

[ noo-moh-buh-sil-uhs, nyoo- ]

noun,plural pneu·mo·ba·cil·li

[noo-moh-buh-sil-ahy, nyoo-]. /ˌnu moʊ bəˈsɪl aɪ, ˌnyu-/.

a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.

Origin of pneumobacillus

From New Latin; see origin at pneumo-, bacillus

Words Nearby pneumobacillus

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How to use pneumobacillus in a sentence

Of the less common was Bacillus pyocyaneus and the pneumobacillus of Friedlnder.
Plague | Thomas Wright Jackson

British Dictionary definitions for pneumobacillus

pneumobacillus

/ (ˌnjuːməʊbəˈsɪləs) /

nounplural -li (-laɪ)

a rod-shaped bacterium that occurs in the respiratory tract, esp the Gram-negative Klebsiella pneumoniae, which causes pneumonia

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