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Tubercle bacillus   Listen
Tubercle bacillus

noun
1.
Cause of tuberculosis.  Synonym: Mycobacterium tuberculosis.






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"Tubercle bacillus" Quotes from Famous Books



... amount of "close-range" work is rapidly manufacturing myopic eyes; if bad ventilation, whether due to faulty construction or to faulty management, is preparing soil for the tubercle bacillus; if children with contagious diseases are not found and segregated; if desks are so ill adapted to children's sizes and physical needs that they are forming crooked spines; if too many children are crowded into one room; if lack of air and light is producing strained eyes and malnutrition; ...
— Civics and Health • William H. Allen



Words linked to "Tubercle bacillus" :   mycobacteria, mycobacterium



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