fusobacterium

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(fyo̅o̅′zō bak tērē əm)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
fu•so•bac•te•ri•um  (fyo̅o̅′zō bak tērē əm),USA pronunciation n., pl. -te•ri•a 
    (-tērē ə).USA pronunciation 
  1. Microbiologyany of several rod-shaped, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Fusobacterium, certain species of which are pathogenic in humans.
  • Neo-Latin (1922), equivalent. to Latin fūs(us) spindle + Neo-Latin -o- -o- + bacterium bacterium

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