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bacteriology
[ bak-teer-ee-ol-uh-jee ]
noun
- a branch of microbiology dealing with the identification, study, and cultivation of bacteria and with their applications in medicine, agriculture, industry, and biotechnology.
bacteriology
/ bækˌtɪərɪˈɒlədʒɪ; bækˌtɪərɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /
noun
- the branch of science concerned with the study of bacteria
bacteriology
/ băk-tîr′ē-ŏl′ə-jē /
- The scientific study of bacteria, especially bacteria that cause disease.
Derived Forms
- bacˌteriˈologist, noun
- bacteriological, adjective
- bacˌterioˈlogically, adverb
Other Words From
- bac·te·ri·o·log·i·cal [bak-teer-ee-, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l], bac·teri·o·logic adjective
- bac·teri·o·logi·cal·ly adverb
- bac·teri·olo·gist noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of bacteriology1
Example Sentences
After high school she studied medical technology and then started working in bacteriology.
Planning to enter his father’s profession, Harry studied bacteriology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before changing his mind and transferring to the North Carolina State University College of Design, in Raleigh.
Fleming, later seen in his bacteriology lab at St. Mary’s Hospital in London, is a rumpled, earnest figure.
“When you talk about carbon cycles you really want to start thinking carefully about decomposers,” said Anne Pringle, a professor of botany and bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Now, the doctor, scientist, university professor and pioneer of bacteriology will be beatified, a step toward sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church.
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