Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the minute bodies found in sputum, which react to stains in the same manner as the tubercle bacillus, but are not living organisms. They are readily dissolved in ether or chloroform, and are probably fine particles of fat.
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Examples
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Well, obviously, if the bacillus is the genuine Loeffler, you have diphtheria; and if it's the pseudobacillus, youre quite well.
The Doctor's Dilemma George Bernard Shaw 1903
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When the bacillus was found, as it frequently was, in persons who were not suffering from the disease, the theory was saved by simply calling the bacillus an impostor, or pseudobacillus.
The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on Doctors George Bernard Shaw 1903
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