Bacterium
nocardia otitidiscaviarum
Definitions related to nocardia otitidiscaviarum:
  • A species of aerobic, Gram-positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is nonmotile, catalase and urease positive, reduces nitrate, hydrolyzes esculin, hypoxanthine, and xanthine, but not casein, elastin, testosterone, or tyrosine. N. otitidiscaviarum is found in soil and has only been associated with a few cases of nocardiosis.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Nocardia otitidiscaviarum.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
Try this search on: Farlex, Merriam-Webster, Oxford Dictionary, or Wordnik

This content should not be used in place of medically-reviewed decision support reference material or professional medical advice. Some terms may have alternate or updated definitions not reflected in this set. The definitions on this page should not be considered complete or up to date.