DIPHTHEROID Definition & Meaning

diphtheroid

[ dif-thuh-roid, dip- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Pathology.

resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.

noun

any bacterium, especially of the genus Corynebacterium, that resembles the diphtheria bacillus but does not produce diphtheria toxin.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of diphtheroid¹

First recorded in 1860–65; diphther(ia) + -oid

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Note the presence or absence of altered and unaltered vegetable fibres; pus cells, blood discs; cocci in groups or chains, diphtheroid bacilli, Gram negative bacilli or cocci, spores and acid fast bacteria.

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