Tubercle-bacillus
noun
1.
the bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, causing tuberculosis.
tubercle bacillus
noun
1.
a rodlike Gram-positive bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, that causes tuberculosis: family Mycobacteriaceae
tubercle bacillus n.
The rod-shaped, gram-negative, aerobic bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis that causes tuberculosis. Also called Koch’s bacillus.
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