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- noun Any member of the
Helicobacter bacteria .
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Examples
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That is partly the reason why they are called "helicobacter" and the term "pylori" refers to their favourite fortress, the epithelial lining - in the lowest part of the stomach or the pylorus.
unknown title 2009
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That is partly the reason why they are called "helicobacter" and the term "pylori" refers to their favourite fortress, the epithelial lining - in the lowest part of the stomach or the pylorus.
unknown title 2009
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That is partly the reason why they are called "helicobacter" and the term "pylori" refers to their favourite fortress, the epithelial lining - in the lowest part of the stomach or the pylorus.
unknown title 2009
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That is partly the reason why they are called "helicobacter" and the term "pylori" refers to their favourite fortress, the epithelial lining - in the lowest part of the stomach or the pylorus.
unknown title 2009
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Warren and Marshall called it Helicobacter pylori—helicobacter for its appearance, and pylorus from the Latin for “gatekeeper,” for its location near the outlet valve of the stomach.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Warren and Marshall called it Helicobacter pylori—helicobacter for its appearance, and pylorus from the Latin for “gatekeeper,” for its location near the outlet valve of the stomach.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Warren and Marshall called it Helicobacter pylori—helicobacter for its appearance, and pylorus from the Latin for “gatekeeper,” for its location near the outlet valve of the stomach.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Barry Marshall discovered a cause [helicobacter] and cure for stomach ulcers in 1984 and practically nobody heard about it for more than 10 years.
Sam Leff: With Health Care, the Profit Motive is Infectious 2009
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Barry Marshall discovered a cause [helicobacter] and cure for stomach ulcers in 1984 and practically nobody heard about it for more than 10 years.
Sam Leff: With Health Care, the Profit Motive is Infectious 2009
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Nor can we always discover some other abnormality, such as the elevated levels of helicobacter pylori bacteria that have been found to be causally implicated in stomach ulcers (discussed in detail by Thagard 1999).
Concepts of Disease and Health Murphy, Dominic 2008
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