fusobacterium

fusobacterium
/fyooh'zoh bak tear"ee euhm/, n., pl. fusobacteria /-tear"ee euh/.
any of several rod-shaped, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Fusobacterium, certain species of which are pathogenic in humans.
[ < NL (1922), equiv. to L fus(us) spindle + NL -o- -O- + bacterium BACTERIUM]

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