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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

Tuberculous disease of joints results from bacillary infection through the arteries.

Through the summer and autumn many cases of diarrhœa and of both amœbic and bacillary dysentery made their appearance.

It was mainly what is called bacillary dysentery, for which Epsom salts is one of the best remedies.

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.

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