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BACILLI-CARRIER

\basˈɪlikˈaɹɪə], \basˈɪlikˈaɹɪə], \b_a_s_ˈɪ_l_i_k_ˈa_ɹ_ɪ__ə]\

Definitions of BACILLI-CARRIER

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A person in apparent health, whose tissues or secretions contain pathogenic bacilli, such as the bacillus of typhoid fever.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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