DIPHTHEROID


Meaning of DIPHTHEROID in English

[diph.the.roid] adj (1861): resembling diphtheria

[2]diphtheroid n (1908): a bacterium (esp. genus Corynebacterium) that resembles the bacterium of diphtheria but does not produce diphtheria toxin

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