CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Corynebacterium diphtheriae mean? 

• CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE (noun)
  The noun CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE has 1 sense:

1. a species of bacterium that causes diphtheria

  Familiarity information: CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A species of bacterium that causes diphtheria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

C. diphtheriae; Corynebacterium diphtheriae; Klebs-Loeffler bacillus

Hypernyms ("Corynebacterium diphtheriae" is a kind of...):

corynebacterium (any species of the genus Corynebacterium)

Holonyms ("Corynebacterium diphtheriae" is a member of...):

genus Corynebacterium (the type genus of the family Corynebacteriaceae which is widely distributed in nature; the best known are parasites and pathogens of humans and domestic animals)

 Context examples 

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Corynebacterium diphtheriae.

(Corynebacterium diphtheriae, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Any of a number of rod shaped bacteria that resemble Corynebacterium diphtheriae, either in morphology or etiology.

(Diptheroid Bacillus, NCI Thesaurus)

A 60 kD single chain protein elaborated by Corynebacterium diphtheriae that causes the sign and symptoms of diphtheria; it can be broken into two unequal fragments, the smaller (A fragment) inhibits protein synthesis and is the lethal moiety that needs the larger (B fragment) for entry into cells.

(Diphtheria Toxin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)