bacillary

Also ba·cil·lar

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

adjective

1. Also bacilliform 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. Also: bacilliform. shaped like a short rod

Word History and Origins

Origin of bacillary¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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

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

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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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