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diphtheroid
[ dif-thuh-roid, dip- ]
adjective
Pathology.
- resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
noun
- any bacterium, especially of the genus Corynebacterium, that resembles the diphtheria bacillus but does not produce diphtheria toxin.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of diphtheroid1
First recorded in 1860鈥65; diphther(ia) + -oid
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Example Sentences
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Note the presence or absence of altered and unaltered vegetable fibres; pus cells, blood discs; cocci in groups or chains, diphtheroid bacilli, Gram negative bacilli or cocci, spores and acid fast bacteria.
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