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fu•so•bac•te•ri•um
(fyo̅o̅′zō bak tēr′ē əm),USA pronunciation n., pl. -te•ri•a
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(-tēr′ē ə).USA pronunciation
- 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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