"Koch's bacillus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Koch's bacilli [plural]
Etymology: Discovered in 1882 by Robert Koch. Head templates: {{en-noun|Koch's bacilli}} Koch's bacillus (plural Koch's bacilli)
  1. (now chiefly historical) The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes tuberculosis. Tags: historical Categories (lifeform): Bacteria Translations (M. tuberculosis): bacille de Koch [masculine] (French), Koch-bacillus (Hungarian)

Inflected forms

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