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CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A species of bacterium that causes diphtheria
Synonyms:
C. diphtheriae; Corynebacterium diphtheriae; Klebs-Loeffler bacillus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Corynebacterium diphtheriae" is a kind of...):
corynebacterium (any species of the genus Corynebacterium)
Holonyms ("Corynebacterium diphtheriae" is a member of...):
genus Corynebacterium (the type genus of the family Corynebacteriaceae which is widely distributed in nature; the best known are parasites and pathogens of humans and domestic animals)
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