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mycobacterium
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mycobacterium has 1 sense
- mycobacterium(n = noun.animal) mycobacteria - rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases; Array is a kind of eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
is a member of genus mycobacterium
has particulars: mycobacterium tuberculosis, tubercle bacillus, leprosy bacillus, mycobacterium leprae
CIDE DICTIONARY
mycobacterium, n.
Any of various rod-shaped bacteria, some saprophytic or causing diseases. [WordNet 1.5]
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