bacillary

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

/ ˈbæs əˌlɛr i, bəˈsɪl ə ri /

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adjective

Also ba·cil·li·form

[buh-sil-uh-fawrm]. /bəˈsɪl əˌfɔrm/. of or like a bacillus; rod-shaped.

Bacteriology. characterized by bacilli.

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Also ba·cil·lar

[buh-sil-er, bas-uh-ler]. /bəˈsɪl ər, ˈbæs ə lər/.

Origin of bacillary

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

Words nearby bacillary

Bach flower remedy, Bach, Johann Sebastian, Bach trumpet, bacill-, bacillaemia, bacillary, bacillary dysentery, bacillemia, bacilli, bacilluria, bacillus

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How to use bacillary in a sentence

Tuberculous disease of joints results from bacillary infection through the arteries.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
Through the summer and autumn many cases of diarrhœa and of both amœbic and bacillary dysentery made their appearance.
The Australian Army Medical Corps in Egypt|James W. Barrett
It was mainly what is called bacillary dysentery, for which Epsom salts is one of the best remedies.
In Mesopotamia|Martin Swayne
Next Purkinje's figures, or shadows cast by the blood-vessels of the middle layer upon the bacillary layer of the retina.
Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death|Frederick W. H. Myers

Next is the bacillary layer which lines about five-sixths of the interior surface of the eye.
Visual Illusions|Matthew Luckiesh

British Dictionary definitions for bacillary

bacillary

bacillar (bəˈsɪlə)

/ (bəˈsɪlərɪ) /

adjective

of, relating to, or caused by bacilli

Also: bacilliform (bəˈsɪlɪˌfɔːm) shaped like a short rod

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