PUS-FORMING BACTERIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bacteria that produce pus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pus-forming bacteria" is a kind of...):

bacteria; bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)

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