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nocardia

[ noh-kahr-dee-uh ]

noun

Bacteriology.
  1. any of several filamentous or rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Nocardia, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other animals.


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Other 51Թ Forms

  • Դ·d· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of nocardia1

1905–10; < New Latin; after Edmond I.É. Nocard (1850–1903), French biologist; -ia

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