First Known Use: 1924
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lactobacillus
noun lac·to·ba·cil·lus \ˌlak-tō-bə-ˈsi-ləs\
Definition of LACTOBACILLUS
: any of a genus (Lactobacillus) of bacteria that produce lactic acid
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lactobacillus
noun lac·to·ba·cil·lus \ˌlak-tō-bə-ˈsil-əs\
Medical Definition of LACTOBACILLUS
1
capitalized : a genus of gram-positive nonmotile lactic-acid-forming bacteria of the family Lactobacillaceae including various commercially important lactic acid bacteria
2
plural lac·to·ba·cil·li \-ˌī also -ˌē\ : any bacterium of the genus Lactobacillus
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