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(dated, medicine) An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus.

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bacteria

Source Word

bacteria

IPA(Pronunciation)

dated

(dated, medicine) An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus.

Japanese Meaning

楕円形の細菌（球菌や桿菌と区別される）

In older medical texts, bacteria often referred specifically to an ovoid microbe rather than to all microbes.

古い医学書では、卵形の細菌はしばしばすべての微生物を指すのではなく、特に卵状の微生物を意味していた。

Sense（1）

(dated, medicine) An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus.

bacteriae

（ plural ）