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tubercle bacillus

 
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n.
A rod-shaped aerobic bacterium (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) that causes tuberculosis.


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n.

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

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: cause of tuberculosis
  Synonym: Mycobacterium tuberculosis

 
 

 

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