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LUSTGARTEN'S BACILLUS

\lˈʌstɡɑːtənz bˈasɪləs], \lˈʌstɡɑːtənz bˈasɪləs], \l_ˈʌ_s_t_ɡ_ɑː_t_ə_n_z b_ˈa_s_ɪ_l_ə_s]\

Definitions of LUSTGARTEN'S BACILLUS

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.

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A microorganism isolated in many cases of syphilis and formerly regarded as possibly pathogenic of that disease.
A bacillus, resembling the smegma bacillus, formerly thought to be the specific microorganism of syphilis.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

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