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bacillus

ba·cil·lus
B b

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [buh-sil-uh s]
    • /bəˈsɪl əs/
    • /bəˈsɪl.əs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [buh-sil-uh s]
    • /bəˈsɪl əs/

Definitions of bacillus word

  • countable noun bacillus A bacillus is any bacterium that has a long, thin shape. 3
  • noun bacillus any rod-shaped bacterium, such as a clostridium bacterium 3
  • noun bacillus any of various rodlike spore-producing bacteria constituting the family Bacillaceae, esp of the genus Bacillus 3
  • noun bacillus any of a genus (Bacillus) of rod-shaped bacteria that occur in chains, produce spores, and are active only in the presence of oxygen 3
  • noun bacillus any rod-shaped bacterium 3
  • noun bacillus any of the bacteria, esp. those causing disease 3

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Origin of bacillus

First appearance:

before 1880
One of the 23% newest English words
1880-85; < Late Latin, variant of Latin bacillum (diminutive of baculum) staff, walking stick

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Parts of speech for Bacillus

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adverb
pronoun
preposition
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determiner
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bacillus popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for bacillus

noun bacillus

  • microbe — a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
  • virus — an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.
  • disease — a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
  • infection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
  • germ — a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.

Antonyms for bacillus

noun bacillus

  • health — the general condition of the body or mind with reference to soundness and vigor: good health; poor health.

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