Synonyms & related words for mycobacterium

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of mycobacterium. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to mycobacterium

Explore words related to mycobacterium — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include mycobacteria, mycobacterial, yersinia, actinobacillus, enterobacterium, leptospire, corynebacterium, pseudomonad. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does mycobacterium come from?

The word mycobacterium breaks down into 3 roots of Greek and Latin origin: myco, from Greek mykes (“fungus”); bacteri, from Greek bakterion (“little rod”); and -um, from Latin um (“singular noun”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.