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PUS-FORMING BACTERIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pus-forming bacteria mean?
• PUS-FORMING BACTERIA (noun)
The noun PUS-FORMING BACTERIA has 1 sense:
1. bacteria that produce pus
Familiarity information: PUS-FORMING BACTERIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bacteria that produce pus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("pus-forming bacteria" is a kind of...):
bacteria; bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)
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