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Definition of Baculiform
1. Adjective. Formed like a bacillus.
Similar to: Formed
Derivative terms: Bacillus
Definition of Baculiform
1. Adjective. Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Baculiform
1. Rod-shaped. Origin: L. Baculum, a rod, + forma, form (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baculiform
Literary usage of Baculiform
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"... is the place where the two halves of the spore open one from the other, and
here a baculiform body of slight refringence was observed pushing out (pi. ..."
2. Geological Biology: An Introduction to the Geological History of Organisms by Henry Shaler Williams (1895)
"In the fossil evolute, or baculiform, shells this first chamber is, ordinarily,
abbreviated or broken, and it is extremely rare that it is preserved. ..."
3. A Pocket medical dictionary: Giving the Pronunciation and Definition of the ...by George Milbry Gould by George Milbry Gould (1920)
"baculiform, bak'-u lif-orm. Rod-shaped. Bael, ba'-^l. Bengal quince, the dried
unripe fruit of ..."
4. Practitioner's medical dictionary by George Milbry Gould (1910)
"Bacteriuria (bak-te-re-u'-re-ah) [bacterium; oi-pov, urine). Bacteria in the urine.
baculiform (bak'-u-lr.-jorm) [baculum, a stick; /orma, form). ..."
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