bacillary

American

[bas-uh-ler-ee, buh-sil-uh-ree] / ˈbæs əˌlɛr i, bəˈsɪl ə ri /

Also bacillar

adjective

Also bacilliform of or like a bacillus; rod-shaped.
Bacteriology. characterized by bacilli.

bacillary British

/ bəˈsɪlərɪ, bəˈsɪlə /

adjective

of, relating to, or caused by bacilli
Also: bacilliform. shaped like a short rod

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Etymology

Origin of bacillary

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

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2024

A man as obsessive about germs as Hughes could hardly be comforted by the knowledge that outbreaks of polio and bacillary dysentery afflict the republic.

From Time Magazine Archive

A group of apes and chimpanzees was inoculated with the bacillary vaccine of Calmette and Guerin, B. C. G. for short.

From Time Magazine Archive

A whiskery, rod-shaped germ called Bacillus dysenteriae and related to both the colon and typhoid fever germs causes bacillary dysentery.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From In Mesopotamia by Nicoll, Maurice

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