English Explanatory Dictionary

Koch's bacillus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes tuberculosis.

Word forms

Koch's bacillus Koch's bacilli

Etymology

Discovered in 1882 by Robert Koch.

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