Klebs-Löffler bacillus
[ klebz-lef-ler; German kleyps-lœf-luh r ]
/ ˈklɛbzˈlɛf lər; German ˈkleɪpsˈlœf lər /
noun
a bacterium, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which causes diphtheria.
British Dictionary definitions for klebs-loffler bacillus
Klebs-Löffler bacillus
/ (ˈklɛbzˈlʌflə, German ˈkleːpsˈlœflər) /
noun
a rodlike Gram-positive bacterium, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, that causes diphtheria: family Corynebacteriaceae.
Word Origin for Klebs-Löffler bacillus
C19: named after Edwin
Klebs (1834–1913) and Friedrich A. J.
Löffler (1852–1915), German bacteriologists
Medical definitions for klebs-loffler bacillus
Klebs-Löffler bacillus
[ klĕbz′lĕf′lər, klāps′lœf′lər ]
n.
A gram-positive, nonmotile, rod-shaped bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae that causes diphtheria in humans and produces an exotoxin that causes tissue degeneration.