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bacilloscopy

bacilloscopy noun: the examination of a diagnostic smear (typically of skin or sputum) in order to verify the presence of specific bacilli.

Noun

bacilloscopy (plural bacilloscopies)

  1. The examination of a diagnostic smear (typically of skin or sputum) in order to verify the presence of specific bacilli
    • Genitourinary tuberculosis is often diagnosed in the later stage due to the fact that the symptoms are non-specific and technical difficulties to isolate the tubercle bacillus through bacilloscopy or culture in specific medium are many.2012 December 17, Marcelo Rodrigues Bacci, José Jorge Namura, Andrea Thaumaturgo Lera, “Complicated urinary infection and extrapulmonary tuberculosis”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2012, →DOI

Forms of bacilloscopy

pluralbacilloscopies

Origin of bacilloscopy

From bacillo- + -scopy.

Words formed from bacilloscopy

Questions about bacilloscopy

What does bacilloscopy mean?
Bacilloscopy means the examination of a diagnostic smear (typically of skin or sputum) in order to verify the presence of specific bacilli.
What part of speech is bacilloscopy?
Bacilloscopy is a noun.
What is the plural of bacilloscopy?
The plural of bacilloscopy is bacilloscopies.

Words near bacilloscopy in the dictionary

  1. bacillosamine
  2. bacilloscopic
  3. bacilloscopies
  4. bacilloscopist
  5. bacilloscopists
  6. bacilloscopy
  7. bacillosis
  8. bacilluria
  9. bacillus
  10. bacilosarcin
  11. bacilosarcins

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