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bacteriology
[bak-te″re-ol´o-je]the scientific study of bacteria. adj., adj bacteriolog´ic, bacteriolog´ical.
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bac·te·ri·ol·o·gy
(bak-tēr'ē-ol'ŏ-jē),The branch of science concerned with the study of bacteria.
[bacterio- + G. logos, study]
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bacteriology
(băk-tîr′ē-ŏl′ə-jē)n.
The study of bacteria, especially in relation to medicine and agriculture.
bac·te′ri·o·log′ic (-ə-lŏj′ĭk), bac·te′ri·o·log′i·cal adj.
bac·te′ri·o·log′i·cal·ly adv.
bac·te′ri·ol′o·gist n.
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bac·te·ri·ol·o·gy
(bak-tēr'ē-ol'ŏ-jē)The branch of science concerned with the study of bacteria.
[bacterio- + G. logos, study]
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bacteriology
The scientific study of bacteria. Medical bacteriology is the study of organisms that can cause disease or which are normally present, harmlessly or beneficially, in the body.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
bacteriology
the study of BACTERIA.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
bac·te·ri·ol·o·gy
(bak-tēr'ē-ol'ŏ-jē)The branch of science concerned with the study of bacteria.
[bacterio- + G. logos, study]
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