BACTERIOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bacteriology mean? 

• BACTERIOLOGY (noun)
  The noun BACTERIOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the branch of medical science that studies bacteria in relation to disease

  Familiarity information: BACTERIOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACTERIOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of medical science that studies bacteria in relation to disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("bacteriology" is a kind of...):

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

Domain member category:

culture medium; medium ((bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms)

Derivation:

bacteriologic; bacteriological (of or relating to bacteriology)

bacteriologist (a biologist who studies bacteria)

 Context examples 

A person with professional knowledge and competence in the field of medical technology that involves performing, advising on, or supervising clinical laboratory testing of human specimens, fluids and tissues, establishing and monitoring quality control systems and measures; developing data which may be used in clinical setting and in support of medical research in such areas as hematology, bacteriology, mycology, virology, parasitology, immunology, serology, immunohematology, clinical chemistry, endocrinology and toxicology, and urinalysis as they relate to clinical laboratory practice.

(Medical Technologist, NCI Thesaurus)