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Definition of Peritrichous
1. Adjective. Covered all over with uniformly distributed flagella.
Definition of Peritrichous
1. Adjective. (biology) Having flagella around the body or around the mouth ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Peritrichous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Peritrichous
1. 1. Relating to cilia or other appendicular organs projecting from the periphery of a cell. 2. Having flagella uniformly distributed over a cell; used especially with reference to bacteria. Synonym: peritrichal, peritrichate, peritrichic. Origin: peri-+ G. Thrix, hair (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peritrichous
Literary usage of Peritrichous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville-Kent (1880)
"8, a peritrichous ... accord in their peritrichous plan of ciliation with those
of both the first-named group and ... While such peritrichous Infusoria as ..."
2. Protozoölogy by Gary Nathan Calkins (1909)
"Reproduction by endogenous division; the swarm spores are peritrichous. Family 7.
... Spore formation is endogenous; the swarm spores peritrichous. ..."
3. Twentieth Century Practice: An International Encyclopedia of Modern Medical by Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1900)
"Motile; peritrichous; for the present includes ... Motile, peritrichous. To this
genus belong several butyric-acid bacilli, some methane bacteria and B. ..."
4. The Protozoa by Gary Nathan Calkins (1901)
"peritrichous ciliates in which the peristome is drawn out into a curious funnel-like
... peritrichous forms without a permanent secondary circlet of cilia, ..."
5. A Compend on Bacteriology: Including Animal Parasites by Robert Lucas Pitfield (1907)
"the cell is surrounded by flagella, it is known as peritrichous bacterium, ...
The tetanus bacillus is an example of a peritrichous organism, ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1879)
"Though very unlike the normal ciliated epithelial cells of the pulmonary
air-passages, and certainly bearing resemblance to some of the peritrichous ciliate ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... motile, with cilia all over the surface (peritrichous). ... (Fischer),
motile (peritrichous). 5. ..."
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