diphtheroid

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of, pertaining to or resembling diphtheria.
2. adjective Of, pertaining to or resembling the diphtheria bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
3. noun Any bacterium that can cause diphtheria

Similar words

diphtheroidal diphtherial diphtheric pseudodiphtheritic diphthongal typhoidal dipsopathic pharyngitic diphthongic trichothiodystrophic

Often followed by

bacilli bacillus organisms organism forms inflammation group membrane cases

Word family

diphtheroids