- Human tubercle bacillus
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Medical Chinese dictionary (湘雅医学词典). 2013.
Human tubercle bacillus
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phthiocol — phthi·o·col thī ə .kȯl, .kōl n a yellow crystalline quinone C11H8O3 with vitamin K activity that is isolated from the human tubercle bacillus and also made synthetically … Medical dictionary
phthioic acid — phthi·o·ic acid thī .ō ik n a branched chain optically active fatty acid or mixture of such acids isolated from the human tubercle bacillus that causes the formation of tubercular lesions on injection into animals … Medical dictionary
phthiocol — ˈthīəˌkȯl, kōl noun ( s) Etymology: probably from phthisis + connective oc + ol : a yellow crystalline quinone C11H8O3 with vitamin K activity that is isolated from the human tubercle bacillus and also made synthetically; 2 hydroxy 3 methyl 1,4… … Useful english dictionary
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