comma bacillus
noun
a curved, rod-shaped bacterium, Vibrio cholerae, causing Asiatic cholera.
Origin of comma bacillus
First recorded in 1885–90
Words nearby comma bacillus
comix,
coml.,
comm badge,
comm.,
comma,
comma bacillus,
comma butterfly,
comma fault,
comma position,
comma splice,
commack
Example sentences from the Web for comma bacillus
The word is also applied to comma-shaped objects, such as the “comma-bacillus,” the causal agent in cholera.
British Dictionary definitions for comma bacillus
comma bacillus
noun
a comma-shaped bacterium, Vibrio comma, that causes cholera in man: family Spirillaceae
Medical definitions for comma bacillus
comma bacillus
[ kŏm′ə ]
n.
Koch's bacillus