tubercle bacillus
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noun
the bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, causing tuberculosis.
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Origin of tubercle bacillus
First recorded in 1895–1900
Words nearby tubercle bacillus
tube pan, tuber, tube railway, tuber cinereum, tubercle, tubercle bacillus, tubercle of rib, tubercle of trapezium, tubercula dolorosa, tubercular, tuberculate
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British Dictionary definitions for tubercle bacillus
tubercle bacillus
noun
a rodlike Gram-positive bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, that causes tuberculosis: family Mycobacteriaceae
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Medical definitions for tubercle bacillus
tubercle bacillus
n.
The rod-shaped, gram-negative, aerobic bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis that causes tuberculosis.Koch's bacillus
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