Bacill-
a combining form of bacillus:
bacillary.
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noun (pathol) the presence of bacilli in the blood
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Also, bacilliform [buh-sil-uh-fawrm] /bəˈsɪl əˌfɔrm/ (Show IPA). of or like a bacillus; rod-shaped. Bacteriology. characterized by bacilli. Historical Examples Next Purkinje’s figures, or shadows cast by the blood-vessels of the middle layer upon the bacillary layer of the retina. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death Frederick W. H. Myers Tuberculous disease of joints […]
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shigellosis. Historical Examples Through the summer and autumn many cases of diarrhœa and of both amœbic and bacillary dysentery made their appearance. The Australian Army Medical Corps in Egypt James W. Barrett bacillary dysentery n. Any of various severe infections of the colon caused by microorganisms, especially of the genus Shigella, that result in abdominal […]
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