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bacillary

[ bas-uh-ler-ee, buh-sil-uh-ree ]

adjective

  1. Also ba·cil·li·form [] of or like a bacillus; rod-shaped.
  2. Bacteriology. characterized by bacilli.


bacillary

/ bəˈsɪlərɪ; bəˈsɪlə /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or caused by bacilli
  2. Alsobacilliformbəˈsɪlɪˌfɔːm shaped like a short rod
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bacillary1

First recorded in 1880–85; bacill- + -ary
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Example Sentences

"BCG did not offer any protection against adult form of bacillary pulmonary TB," according to a 1999 report on the trial.

From BBC

Should peritonitis supervene after the operation on account of bacillary infection, the bowels should be quickly made to act by repeated doses of Epsom salts in hot water.

Next Purkinje's figures, or shadows cast by the blood-vessels of the middle layer upon the bacillary layer of the retina.

Next is the bacillary layer which lines about five-sixths of the interior surface of the eye.

In some forms a protozoan, the Amoeba dysenteriae, is found in the stools—this is the amoebic dysentery; in other cases a bacillus, Bacillus dysenteriae, is found—the bacillary dysentery.

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