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proteosis

proteosis noun: an infectious disease produced by bacteria of the genus Proteus.

Noun

proteosis (countable and uncountable, plural proteoses)

  1. An infectious disease produced by bacteria of the genus Proteus.

Forms of proteosis

pluralproteoses

Origin of proteosis

From translingual Proteus + -osis.

Questions about proteosis

What does proteosis mean?
Proteosis means an infectious disease produced by bacteria of the genus Proteus.
What part of speech is proteosis?
Proteosis is a noun.
What is the plural of proteosis?
The plural of proteosis is proteoses.

Words near proteosis in the dictionary

  1. proteopolymersomes
  2. proteorhodopsin
  3. proteorhodopsins
  4. proteose
  5. proteoses
  6. proteosis
  7. proteosomal
  8. proteosomally
  9. proteosome
  10. proteosomes
  11. proteosomic

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