Definition of Bacilliform

1. Adjective. Formed like a bacillus.

Exact synonyms: Bacillar, Bacillary, Baculiform, Rod-shaped
Similar to: Formed
Derivative terms: Bacillus

Definition of Bacilliform

1. a. Rod-shaped.

Definition of Bacilliform

1. Adjective. Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Bacilliform

1. Shaped like bacteria: rodlike, elongated cylinders with rounded ends. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bacilliform

bacillar
bacillariae
bacillariophyte
bacillariophytes
bacillary
bacillary dysentery
bacillary haemoglobinuria
bacillary layer
bacillary white diarrhea
bacillary white diarrhoea
bacilli
bacilliary
bacillibactin
bacillicidal
bacillicide
bacilliform (current term)
bacillin
bacillomyxin
bacillophobia
bacillosamine
bacillosis
bacilluria
bacillus
bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine
bacillus amyloliquifaciens
bacillus anthracis
bacillus cereus
bacillus licheniformis
bacillus megaterium
bacillus phages

Literary usage of Bacilliform

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Collected Papers (1922)
"Finally all movement of both parasite and bacilliform bodies ceases. ... Only one or a few bacilliform bodies may be present at this time (Fig. 6). ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
"The most important symptom of the fever stage is the presence of bacilliform bodies (Bartonia bacilliformis Strong et al.) in the erythrocytes. ..."

3. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of ...by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1883)
"Globular, with subulate spines. 0. bacilliform spinulose, with dentate, discoid, rotate ends. т;. bacilliform, with stellate rotate ends. f. ..."

4. Biotechnology: Ti-Plasmids and Other Plan Vectors: Bibliography January 1993 by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"35 NAL Call No: 464.8 P56 Detection of rice tungro bacilliform virus by polymerase chain reaction for assessing mild infection of plants and viruliferous ..."

5. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences by Washington Academy of Sciences (1915)
"They did not contract the disease, while Mr. Nicholson showed a well marked case, with both the bacilliform bodies in the erythrocytes and the ..."

6. The Etiology and Pathology of Typhus: Being the Main Report of the Typhus by Simeon Burt Wolbach, John Launcelot. Todd, Francis Winslow Palfrey (1922)
"In such preparations the chains of bacilliform rickettsia bodies may resemble the ... Indeed, in sections where both "filaments" and chains of bacilliform ..."

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