Bacteria vs Ecthyma - What's the difference?
bacteria | ecthyma |
English plurals
(US) A type, species, or strain of bacterium
* {{quote-book, 2002, A.C. Panchdhari, Water Supply and Sanitary Installations
, passage=Anaerobic bacteria' function in the absence of oxygen, where as aerobic '''bacteria''' require sunlight and also oxygen. Both these ' bacterias are capable of breaking down the organic matter
(US, proscribed)
(pejorative, slang) A derisive term for a lowlife or a slob (could be treated as plural or singular).
(dated, medicine) An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus
An ulcerative pyoderma of the skin, caused by bacteria.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 7, author=Kim Severson, title=Rounded Up in the City, Then Coddled in Style, work=New York Times
, passage=Lucky Lady is in isolation for a couple of weeks, trying to shake a case of contagious ecthyma , or sore mouth, a condition Ms. Coston described as lamb herpes. }}
As nouns the difference between bacteria and ecthyma
is that bacteria is plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals while ecthyma is an ulcerative pyoderma of the skin, caused by bacteria.bacteria
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Usage notes
* This is the plural form of the word. While it is often used as if it were singular (as a collective noun), this is considered nonstandard by some in the US and more elsewhere. See the usage examples under (bacterium).Derived terms
* Bacteria * Eubacteria * Archaebacteria / Archebacteria * eubacteria * archaebacteria / archebacteriaSee also
* culture (collective noun)Etymology 2
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* * ----ecthyma
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(wikipedia ecthyma)Noun
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