English Explanatory Dictionary

Eberth's bacillus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The bacillus Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica, the cause of typhoid.

Word forms

Eberth's bacillus Eberth's bacilli

Etymology

It was described in 1880 by Karl Joseph Eberth. The pathogen of typhoid fever, it has since been renamed Salmonella typhi.

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