The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκορύνη“club”
- English todaycoryneform
From Corynebacterium, from Ancient Greek κορύνη (korúnē, “club”), + -form.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
coryneform
Today it means: Any bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium Full definition →
Ancient Greek κορύνη