paucibacillary
Medicine
adjective
Containing few bacilli; specifically designating mycobacterial infections, especially types of leprosy, in which few or no bacilli can be demonstrated in lesions or secretions; of, relating to, or suffering from such an infection.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in The Lancet. After French paucibacillaire.
- redistillation
- redistribute
- redistribution
- redistributionism
- redistributionist
- redistributive
- redistributory
- redistrict
- redition
- redive
- redivide
- redivision
- redivived
- redivivus
- Red Jacket
- Redjang
- red jasmine
- red jessamine
- red Jew
- red judge
- red kangaroo
- red kite
- red-kneed dotterel
- red-kneed tarantula
- Red Knife