Medical Definition of Nocardia

1. Genus of gram-positive bacteria that form a mycelium that may fragment into rod or coccoid shaped cells. They are very common saprophytes in soil but some are opportunistic pathogens of humans, causing nocardiosis. This is characterised by abscesses, particularly of the jaw, which if untreated may invade the surrounding bone. (14 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nocardia

Nobbs
Nobby
Nobel
Nobel Laureate
Nobel Prize
Nobel Prizes
Nobel laureate
Nobel laureates
Nobel prize
Nobelist
Nobelists
Nobes
Noble's position
Noble's stain
Noble-Collip procedure
Nocardia (current term)
Nocardia brasiliensis
Nocardia caviae
Nocardia dacryoliths
Nocardia farcinica
Nocardia gibsonii
Nocardia leishmanii
Nocardia lurida
Nocardia lutea
Nocardia madurae
Nocardia mediterranei
Nocardia orientalis
Noctiluca
Noctiluca miliaris
Noctua

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