diphtheroid in English
noun
1
any bacterium of a genus that includes the diphtheria bacillus, especially one that does not cause disease.
Other normal inhabitants of the birth canal - staph, strep, diphtheroids , anaerobes, E. coli and Listeria - are other pathogens that may cause neonatal pneumonia.
adjective
1
similar to diphtheria.
Diphtheroid necrotic inflammation of the larynx in calves in its advanced stage mostly requires surgical therapy.
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