PNEUMOBACILLUS


Meaning of PNEUMOBACILLUS in English

|n(y)ümō+ noun

( plural pneumobacilli )

Etymology: New Latin, from pneum- + bacillus

: a bacterium ( Klebsiella pneumoniae ) associated with pneumonia and other inflammations of the respiratory tract — called also Friedländer's bacillus

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.