Medical Dictionary
Hansen's bacillus
noun Han·sen's bacillus \ˈhan(t)-sənz-\
Medical Definition of HANSEN'S BACILLUS
: a bacterium of the genus Mycobacterium (M. leprae) that causes leprosy
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