Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eberth's bacillus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eberth's bacil-lus
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The bacillus Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica, the cause of typhoid.

Etymology

It was described in 1880 by Karl Joseph Eberth. The pathogen of typhoid fever, it has since been renamed Salmonella typhi.

Inflected Forms

Eberth's bacilli (plural)

Questions

What does eberth's bacillus mean?: The bacillus Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica, the cause of typhoid.
Where does eberth's bacillus come from?: It was described in 1880 by Karl Joseph Eberth. The pathogen of typhoid fever, it has since been renamed Salmonella typhi.

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