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KOCH
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• KOCH (noun)
The noun KOCH has 1 sense:
1. German bacteriologist who isolated the anthrax bacillus and the tubercle bacillus and the cholera bacillus (1843-1910)
Familiarity information: KOCH used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
German bacteriologist who isolated the anthrax bacillus and the tubercle bacillus and the cholera bacillus (1843-1910)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Koch; Robert Koch
Instance hypernyms:
bacteriologist (a biologist who studies bacteria)
Context examples
David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT is committed to shortening the time needed for breakthrough discoveries to directly benefit cancer patients.
(David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, NCI Thesaurus)
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