dysentery bacilli
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dysentery — dysenteric, adj. /dis euhn ter ee/, n. 1. Pathol. an infectious disease marked by inflammation and ulceration of the lower part of the bowels, with diarrhea that becomes mucous and hemorrhagic. 2. diarrhea. [1350 1400; < ML dysenteria < Gk, equiv … Universalium
Defoliation bacilli bomb — Defoliation bacilli bomb, made between 1932 and 1933 was used by the Imperial Army to spread bubonic plague across unoccupied areas of China. The deployment of these lethal munitions provided the Imperial Army with the ability to launch… … Wikipedia
Twort-d'Herelle phenomenon — the phenomenon of transmissible bacterial lysis (bacteriophagia). When to a broth culture of typhoid or dysentery bacilli there is added a drop of filtered broth emulsion of the stool from a convalescent typhoid or dysentery patient, complete… … Medical dictionary
D'Hérelle , Felix — (1873–1949) French–Canadian bacteriologist D Hérelle, the son of a Canadian father and Dutch mother, was born in Montreal, Quebec, and went to school in Paris, later studying medicine at the University of Montreal. He worked as a bacteriologist… … Scientists
Stefan Ślopek — Infobox Scientist name = Stefan Ślopek image width = 250px caption = Stefan Ślopek birth date = birth date|1914|12|01 birth place = Skawa, Austria Hungary death date = death date and age|1995|8|22|1914|12|01|mf=y death place = Wrocław, Poland… … Wikipedia
Shigella — A group of bacteria that normally inhabit the intestinal tract and cause infantile gastroenteritis, summer diarrhea of childhood and various forms of dysentery including epidemic and opportunistic bacillary dysentery. Named for the Japanese… … Medical dictionary
bacteria — bacterial, adj. bacterially, adv. /bak tear ee euh/, n.pl., sing. bacterium / tear ee euhm/. ubiquitous one celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod shaped and appearing singly or in chains, comprising the Schizomycota, a phylum of the kingdom … Universalium
Koch, Robert — ▪ German bacteriologist Introduction in full Robert Heinrich Hermann Koch born Dec. 11, 1843, Clausthal, Hannover [now Clausthal Zellerfeld, Ger.] died May 27, 1910, Baden Baden, Ger. German physician and one of the founders of bacteriology.… … Universalium
noma — A gangrenous stomatitis, usually beginning in the mucous membrane of the corner of the mouth or cheek, and then progressing fairly rapidly to involve the entire thickness of the lips or cheek (or both), with conspicuous necrosis and complete… … Medical dictionary
Félix d'Herelle — Born April 25, 1873 Montreal … Wikipedia
