1. German bacteriologist who isolated the anthrax bacillus and the tubercle bacillus and the cholera bacillus (1843-1910); [syn: Koch, Robert Koch]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Robert Koch
n 1: German bacteriologist who isolated the anthrax bacillus and
the tubercle bacillus and the cholera bacillus (1843-1910)
[syn: Koch, Robert Koch]