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Webster 1913 Edition
Streptothrix
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Strep′to-thrix
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] pliant, bent + [GREEK] a hair.]
(Biol.)
A genus of bacilli occurring of the form of long, smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted.
Definition 2024
streptothrix
streptothrix
See also: Streptothrix
English
Noun
streptothrix (plural streptothrixes)
- (biology) Any of the genus Streptothrix of bacilli, occurring in the form of long, smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted.