KLEBS-LOEFFLER BACILLUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A species of bacterium that causes diphtheria

Synonyms:

C. diphtheriae; Corynebacterium diphtheriae; Klebs-Loeffler bacillus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Klebs-Loeffler bacillus" is a kind of...):

corynebacterium (any species of the genus Corynebacterium)

Holonyms ("Klebs-Loeffler bacillus" is a member of...):

genus Corynebacterium (the type genus of the family Corynebacteriaceae which is widely distributed in nature; the best known are parasites and pathogens of humans and domestic animals)

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