| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| corynebacterium |
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| SYLLABICATION: | co·ry·ne·bac·te·ri·um |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  kôr  -n -b k-tîr -m, k-r n- |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. co·ry·ne·bac·te·ri·a (-tîr-)
Any of various gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Corynebacterium, which includes many animal and plant pathogens, such as the causative agent of diphtheria. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin Corynbacterium, genus name : Greek korun, club; see ker-1 in Appendix I + bacterium.
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