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bacillar

bacillar adjective: shaped like a rod or staff.

Adjective

bacillar (comparative more bacillar, superlative most bacillar)

  1. Shaped like a rod or staff.
    Synonyms:
    bacilliform
  2. Relating to a bacillus.
    • a bacillar infection

Synonyms of bacillar

Forms of bacillar

comparativemore bacillar
superlativemost bacillar

Origin of bacillar

From Latin bacillum (“little staff”).

Words that rhyme with bacillar

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Questions about bacillar

What does bacillar mean?
Bacillar means shaped like a rod or staff.
What part of speech is bacillar?
Bacillar is an adjective.

Words near bacillar in the dictionary

  1. Bacigalupo
  2. Bacigalupos
  3. Bacilio
  4. Bacilios
  5. bacillaemia
  6. bacillar
  7. bacillariaceous
  8. bacillariophycean
  9. bacillariophyceans
  10. bacillariophyte
  11. bacillariophytes

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