'Streptothrix' definitions:

Definition of 'Streptothrix'

From: GCIDE

Streptothrix \Strep"to*thrix\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? pliant, bent + ? a hair.] (Biol.) A genus of bacilli occurring of the form of long, smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted. [1913 Webster]