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nocardia

American

[noh-kahr-dee-uh] / noʊˈkɑr di ə /

noun

Bacteriology.

any of several filamentous or rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Nocardia, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other animals.

1905–10; < New Latin; after Edmond I.É. Nocard (1850–1903), French biologist; see -ia

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