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Definition of "mycobacterium" [mycobacterium]

  • Any of various slender, rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Mycobacterium, which includes the bacteria that cause tuberculosis and leprosy. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "mycobacterium" in a sentence
  • "When Cox was only 8-years-old she was cleaning out the family fish tank and contracted a very rare infection in a scrape on her hand called mycobacterium marinum, or sometimes called fish tank granuloma, according to 7News."
  • "Dr. METERSKY: He also grew a type of bacteria called a mycobacterium, sort of a cousin of tuberculosis."
  • "More than 2 billion people or a third of the world's total population, are infected with mycobacterium tuberculosis."
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