DIPHTHEROID


Meaning of DIPHTHEROID in English

I. ˈdif-thə-ˌrȯid adjective

Date: 1861

: resembling diphtheria

II. noun

Date: 1908

: a bacterium (especially genus Corynebacterium ) that resembles the bacterium of diphtheria but does not produce diphtheria toxin

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