BACILLUS
\bˈasɪləs], \bˈasɪləs], \b_ˈa_s_ɪ_l_ə_s]\
Definitions of BACILLUS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
By Princeton University
By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
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A genus of BACILLACEAE that are spore-forming, rod-shaped cells. Most species are saprophytic soil forms with only a few species being pathogenic.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. In anatomy, a rod-shaped structure, as the rods in the layer of rods and cones of the retina. 2. In pharmacy, pencil, a remedy, usually for external use, moulded into a cylindrical form. 3. A member of the genus Bacillus; used often also as a term for any bacterium.
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A genus of schizomycetes or bacteria, of a generally rod-shaped or elongated form, varying, however, considerably in shape and size; they divide transversely and may therefore be found in threads or chains of greater or lesser length.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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A species of rod-like microscopic organisms belonging to the genus Bacterium. Certain diseases are believed to be caused by these bodies being introduced into the system.
By Daniel Lyons
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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