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Koch-Weeks bacillus — wēks n a bacterium of the genus Haemophilus (H. aegyptius) associated with an infectious form of human conjunctivitis compare PFEIFFER S BACILLUS Weeks John Elmer (1853 1949) American ophthalmologist. Weeks founded a clinical laboratory for… … Medical dictionary
Koch's bacillus — kōks , käch əz or Koch bacillus kōk , käch n a bacillus of the genus Mycobacterium (M. tuberculosis) that causes human tuberculosis Koch kȯk (Heinrich Hermann) Robert (1843 1910) German bacteriologist. Koch is usually hailed as the founder of… … Medical dictionary
Koch–Weeks bacillus — … Useful english dictionary
Koch-Weeks conjunctivitis — n conjunctivitis caused by the Koch Weeks bacillus * * * acute contagious c … Medical dictionary
Koch — Robert, German bacteriologist and Nobel laureate, 1843–1910. See K. bacillus, K. law, K. old tuberculin, K. phenomenon, K. postulates, under postulate, K. Weeks bacillus. Walter, German surgeon, *1880. See K. node, K. triangle. * * * (kawk)… … Medical dictionary
Weeks — John E., U.S. ophthalmologist, 1853–1949. See W. bacillus, Koch W. bacillus … Medical dictionary
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin — (or Bacille Calmette Guérin, BCG) is a vaccine against tuberculosis that is prepared from a strain of the attenuated (weakened) live bovine tuberculosis bacillus, Mycobacterium bovis , that has lost its virulence in humans by being specially… … Wikipedia
Pfeiffer's bacillus — Pfeif·fer s bacillus fī fərz n a minute bacillus of the genus Haemophilus (H. influenzae) associated with acute respiratory infections and meningitis compare KOCH WEEKS BACILLUS … Medical dictionary
pfeiffer's bacillus — ˈfīfə(r)z noun also pfeiffer s influenza bacillus Usage: usually capitalized P Etymology: after Richard F. J. Pfeiffer : a minute bacillus (Hemophilus influenzae) associated with acute respiratory infections and meningitis compare koch weeks… … Useful english dictionary
Haemophilus — A genus of aerobic to facultatively anaerobic, nonmotile bacteria (family Brucellaceae) containing minute, Gram negative, rod shaped cells that sometimes form threads and are pleomorphic. These organisms are strictly parasitic, growing best, or… … Medical dictionary
