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n. - The branch of medical science that studies any of a large group of microscopic plants in relation to disease.

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  • He reported his discovery to the Royal society of London in 1683 but the science of bactreiology was not firmly established until the middle of the 19th century.
  • In 1940 he graduated from Harvard Medical School and was appointed as resident physician in bacteriology at The Children's
  • The great series of triumphs was, however, to follow upon etiological studies made by men trained in bacteriology and parasitology.
  • "Of course I do!" she answered -- "You see, it's all a question of what they call bacteriology nowadays.
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