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MYCOBACTERIUM
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Irregular inflected form: mycobacteria
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mycobacterium" is a kind of...):
eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mycobacterium"):
Mycobacterium tuberculosis; tubercle bacillus (cause of tuberculosis)
leprosy bacillus; Mycobacterium leprae (cause of leprosy)
Holonyms ("mycobacterium" is a member of...):
genus Mycobacterium (nonmotile Gram-positive aerobic bacteria)
Context examples:
Mycobacterium leprae is pathogenic, being the causative agent of leprosy.
(Mycobacterium leprae, NCI Thesaurus)
The use of acid-fast stain to examine a specimen for the presence of acid-fast microorganisms, specifically mycobacteria.
(Acid Fast Bacillae Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)
M. abscessus is a rapidly growing mycobacterium found in water, soil and dust, and can cause a variety of serious infections of the skin, soft tissues and lungs, especially in persons with chronic lung diseases.
(Mycobacterium abscessus, NCI Thesaurus)
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