-bacter

a combining form with the meaning “rod,” used primarily in biology to form generic names of bacteria: aerobacter; arthrobacter.

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<New Latin, masculine noun coined as variant of neuter bactrum<Greek báktron;see bacterium

bacter-

Variant ofbacterio-