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diphtheroid

[ dif-thuh-roid, dip- ]

adjective

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


noun

  1. any bacterium, especially of the genus Corynebacterium, that resembles the diphtheria bacillus but does not produce diphtheria toxin.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of diphtheroid1

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

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