Medical Definition of Cord factor

1. Glycolipid (trehalose 6, 6' dimycolate) found in the cell walls of Mycobacteria (causing them to grow in serpentine cords) and important in virulence, being toxic and inducing granulomatous reactions identical to those induced by the whole organism. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cord Factor

cordwainery
cordwains
cordwood
cordwoods
cordycepin
Cordylidae
Cordyline
Cordyline australis
Cordyline terminalis
Cordylobia
cordylobiasis
Cordylobia anthropophaga
Cordylus
cordy pulse
cord blood
cord factor (current term)
cord factors
cord grass
cord hydrocele
cord of tympanum
core
core
corecipient
corecipients
corectopia
cored
coredeem
coredeemed
coredeeming
coredeems

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