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ROBERT KOCH
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• ROBERT KOCH (noun)
The noun ROBERT KOCH has 1 sense:
1. German bacteriologist who isolated the anthrax bacillus and the tubercle bacillus and the cholera bacillus (1843-1910)
Familiarity information: ROBERT 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)
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