KOCH-WEEKS BACILLUS


Meaning of KOCH-WEEKS BACILLUS in English

-ˈwēks- noun

Usage: usually capitalized K&W

Etymology: after Robert Koch died 1910 and John E. Weeks died 1949 American ophthalmologist, who discovered it independently

: a bacterium of the genus Hemophilus associated with human conjunctivitis

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