bacilliform
/bə'silifɔ:m/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Shaped like a rod or a bacillus: Describes something that has a long, cylindrical, and often slightly rounded form, similar to the shape of a bacillus bacterium.
Usage
- The word "bacilliform" is a technical term primarily used in scientific contexts, especially in biology, microbiology, and virology. It is used to describe the physical morphology of cells, bacteria, viruses, or other microscopic structures.
- It is a descriptive adjective and is typically placed before a noun (e.g., bacilliform structure) or used after a linking verb (e.g., The virus is bacilliform).
Examples
- Adjective:
- Under the microscope, the bacteria appeared distinctly bacilliform.
- The study identified a novel bacilliform virus in the plant sample.
- Some chloroplasts can have a bacilliform shape rather than the typical spherical one.
Advanced Usage
- Comparative and Superlative Forms: While rarely used due to its technical nature, the forms would be "more bacilliform" and "most bacilliform."
- The first specimen was more bacilliform than the second, which was more coccus-shaped.
Variants and Related Words
- Bacillar (adj): Relating to or caused by bacilli; rod-shaped.
- A bacillar infection.
- Bacillary (adj): Another adjective meaning of, relating to, or caused by bacilli; rod-shaped.
- Bacillary dysentery.
- Bacillus (n): A genus of rod-shaped bacteria; often used more generally to refer to any rod-shaped bacterium.
- Bacillus anthracis causes anthrax.
Synonyms
- Rod-shaped: Having the form of a rod or cylinder.
- Cylindrical: Having straight parallel sides and a circular or oval cross-section.
- Bacillary: Of or relating to bacilli; rod-shaped.
Antonyms
- Coccoid or Spherical: Shaped like a sphere or ball.
- Spiral: Having a coiled or helical shape.
- Filamentous: Long, thin, and threadlike.
Adjective
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formed like a bacillus
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