See Also: diphtheroid(medicine)
diphtheroid(dictionary)

diphtheroid (iou)



diphtheroid adjective & noun. M19.
[from DIPHTHERIA, DIPHTHERITIS + -OID.]
A. adjective. Resembling diphtheria or the bacterium that causes it. M19.
b. noun. A bacterium which resembles the one causing diphtheria but is not pathogenic, esp. one of the genus Corynebacterium. E20.