Klebs-Löffler bacillus
noun
Klebs-Löff·ler bacillus
| \ ˈklāps-ˈlef-lər-
, ˈklebz-
\
, ˈklebz-
\
Medical Definition of Klebs-Löffler bacillus
: a bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium (C. diphtheriae) that causes human diphtheria