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Definition of Rod-shaped
1. Adjective. Formed like a bacillus.
Similar to: Formed
Derivative terms: Bacillus
2. Adjective. Resembling a rod.
Definition of Rod-shaped
1. Adjective. Shaped like a rod; long and cylindrical. ¹
2. Adjective. (biology) Specifically, describing a form of bacterium. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rod-shaped
Literary usage of Rod-shaped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Robert Wiedersheim (1886)
"Thus in both cases, we meet with rod-shaped sensory cells, but in the latter,
the nerves coming from them do not pass through ganglion cells, as they always ..."
2. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1880)
"... and do not undergo metamorphoses from globular to rod-shaped ... and in their
rod-shaped or stick- like form under the head of ..."
3. Rubber by Philip Schidrowitz (1911)
"In addition, the measurement of elongation is a great deal more difficult in the
case of rod-shaped bodies. (d) For standard testing, the ring-shaped test ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1883)
"And in some instances it is possible to detect the body of a dead corneal corpuscle
beneath an almost complete bridge or layer of parallel rod-shaped pus ..."
5. Contagious Diseases of Domesticated Animals: Continuation of Investigation by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1880)
"... name of " Bacillus-suis " for those globular and rod-shaped parasites of ...
when presenting themselves in their rod-shaped or higher developed form, ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"The other point — that an organism, multiplying as a micrococcus, after a time
develops into a rod-shaped body— is an idea, that, although it is ..."
7. Principles of Surgery by Worcester Allen Bryan (1913)
"Still others are spiral in shape, and are more elongated than the rod-shaped germs.
Arrangement.—As seen under the microscope, certain bacteria show no ..."
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