Usually means: Bacteria resembling the Corynebacterium genus.
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  1. diphtheroid: Merriam-Webster
  2. diphtheroid: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. diphtheroid: Collins English Dictionary
  4. diphtheroid: Wordnik
  5. diphtheroid: Wiktionary
  6. diphtheroid: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. diphtheroid: Dictionary.com
  8. Diphtheroid: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. diphtheroid: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. diphtheroid: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (diphtheroid)

adjective:  Of, pertaining to or resembling diphtheria.
adjective:  Of, pertaining to or resembling the diphtheria bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
noun:  Any bacterium that can cause diphtheria

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