Bacteriums

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of bacterium form-of, nonstandard, plural, possibly, uncommon

    "In the remaining three, where pea-meal or hay were employed, there the bacteriums were seen. So also in the other series, the one case in which nothing was found was a case in which flour was used, and in the remaining five the most numerous and distinct bacteriums were seen in the hay infusion."

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"In the remaining three, where pea-meal or hay were employed, there the bacteriums were seen. So also in the other series, the one case in which nothing was found was a case in which flour was used, and in the remaining five the most numerous and distinct bacteriums were seen in the hay infusion."

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