See Also: bdellovibrio(medicine)

diphtheritis (iou) and bdellovibrio (medicine)


diphtheritis (iou)



diphtheritis noun. Now rare or obsolete. E19.
[French diphtherite (now diphtherie: see DIPHTHERIA), from Greek diphthera or diphtheris skin, hide + -ite -ITIS.]
= DIPHTHERIA.

bdellovibrio (medicine)


bdellovibrio


A genus of bacteria capable of developing within Other bacteria.