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[syn: Corynebacterium diphtheriae, C. diphtheriae, Klebs-Loeffler bacillus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
corynebacterium \co`ry*ne`bac*ter"i*um\, n. (MIcrobiol.)
Any member of the genus Corynebacterium, consisting of
gram-positive usually nonmotile irregularly rod-shaped
bacteria, some of which are pathogenic or parasitic in humans
and domestic animals, such as Corynebacterium diphtheriae,
which causes diphtheria.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
n 1: a species of bacterium that causes diphtheria [syn:
Corynebacterium diphtheriae, C. diphtheriae, Klebs-
Loeffler bacillus]