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tubercle bacillus

noun
  1. the bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, causing tuberculosis.

Origin of tubercle bacillus

First recorded in 1895–1900
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tubercle bacillus

noun
  1. a rodlike Gram-positive bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, that causes tuberculosis: family Mycobacteriaceae
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tubercle bacillus in Medicine

tubercle bacillus

n.
  1. The rod-shaped, gram-negative, aerobic bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis that causes tuberculosis.Koch's bacillus
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