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BACILLARY

Dictionary entry overview: What does bacillary mean?

• BACILLARY (adjective)
The adjective BACILLARY has 2 senses:

1. relating to or produced by or containing bacilli
2. formed like a bacillus

Familiarity information: BACILLARY used as an adjective is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BACILLARY (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Relating to or produced by or containing bacilli

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

bacillar; bacillary

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Pertainym:

bacillus (aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Formed like a bacillus

Synonyms:

bacilliform; baculiform; rod-shaped; bacillar; bacillary

Similar:

formed (having or given a form or shape)

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