mycobacterium

Questions about mycobacterium

What does mycobacterium mean?

mycobacterium means "rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases".

How many syllables are in mycobacterium?

mycobacterium has 6 syllables: my-co-bac-te-ri-um. The stress falls on "te".

What is another word for mycobacterium?

Close synonyms include mycobacteria. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mycobacterium a common word?

mycobacterium is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.