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C. Diphtheriae

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Noun

1. c. diphtheriae, corynebacterium diphtheriae, klebs-loeffler bacillus

a species of bacterium that causes diphtheria

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C. Diphtheriae

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symbol for
1. 
centi-
2. 
cubic
3. 
cycle
4. mathematics
constant
5. 
specific heat capacity
6. 
the speed of light and other types of electromagnetic radiation in a vacuum
7. chess algebraic notation
symbol for
1. music
a. 
a note having a frequency of 261.63 hertz (middle C) or this value multiplied or divided by any power of 2; the first degree of a major scale containing no sharps or flats (C major)
b. 
a key, string, or pipe producing this note
c. 
the major or minor key having this note as its tonic
d. 
a time signature denoting four crotchet beats to the bar
See also alla breve (sense 2), common time
2. chemistry
carbon
3. biochemistry
cytosine
4. 
capacitance
5. 
heat capacity
6. 
cold (water)
7. physics
compliance
8. 
Celsius
9. 
centigrade
10. 
century
C20
11. 
coulomb
12. (Roman numeral)
100
Roman numerals
abbreviation for
13. 
Cuba (international car registration)
noun
14. 
a computer programming language combining the advantages of a high-level language with the ability to address the computer at a level comparable with that of an assembly language
abbreviation for
1. 
carat
2. cricket
caught
3. 
cent(s)
4. 
century or centuries
5. 
(used esp preceding a date) circa
c. 1800
nounWord forms: plural c's, C's or Cs
1. 
the third letter and second consonant of the modern English alphabet
2. 
a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually either a voiceless alveolar fricative, as in cigar, or a voiceless velar stop, as in case
3. 
the third in a series, esp the third highest grade in an examination
4. 
a. 
something shaped like a C
b. 
(in combination)
a C-spring
abbreviation for
1. 
(on maps as part of name) Cape
2. 
Catholic
3. 
Celtic
4. 
Conservative
5. 
Corps

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C. Diphtheriae

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noun
1. 
a Roman numeral for 100: with a superior bar (57466), 100,000
2.  US, Education
a grade indicating average work
a C in biology
3.  Music
a. 
the first tone or note in the scale of C major
b. 
a key, string, etc. producing this tone
c. 
the scale having this tone as the keynote
d. 
the sign for 4/4 time
4. 
a high-level computer programming language
adjective
5. 
average in quality
1. 
candle
2.  Electricity
capacitance
3. 
Cape
4. 
carat(s)
5.  Baseball
catcher
6. 
cathode
7. 
Catholic
8. 
Celsius (or centigrade)
9. 
cent(s)
10. 
centavo(s)
11.  Sport
center
12. 
centesimo(s)
13. 
centime(s)
14. 
centimeter(s)
15. 
centimo(s)
16. 
Central
17. 
century
18. 
chapter
19. 
child; children
20. 
circa
21. 
cold (on water faucets)
22. 
College
23. 
Congress
24. 
Conservative
25.  Ancient Mathematics
constant
26. 
contralto
27. 
copyright
28. 
coulomb
29. 
cup(s)
30. 
curie
31. 
cycle(s)
32. 
cytosine
33.  Physics
heat capacity
34. 
hundredweight
carbon
nounWord forms: plural C's or c's
1. 
the third letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek gamma, a borrowing from the Phoenician
2. 
any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (s) of cell or (k) of call
3. 
a type or impression of c or C
4. 
the third in a sequence or group
5. 
an object shaped like C
adjective
6. 
of c or C
7. 
third in a sequence or group
8. 
shaped like C
centi-
the speed of light in a vacuum
see also light1 (sense 1) light1 (sense 1a)

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