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

Word History and Origins

Origin of bacillary¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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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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