tubercle bacillus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tubercle bacillus
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Robert Koch’s discovery of the contagious tubercle bacillus in 1882 gave rise to the sanatorium movement in Europe and the United States.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2020
The spit would have to contain the tubercle bacillus and dry out of sunlight, which kills the bacteria.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2011
But by 1882, when the German bacteriologist Robert Koch demystified the disease by identifying the tiny rod-shaped tubercle bacillus that caused it, the tide was turning.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since the tubercle bacillus belongs to this group, it seems almost certain to succumb to gramicidin too.
From Time Magazine Archive
The present comparative rarity of tuberculosis results in large measure from the fact that the average person now seldom comes into contact with the tubercle bacillus.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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