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adj. Rod-shaped.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Of the form of a small rod; rod-shaped; bacillar in form.
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adj. formed like a bacillus
Word Usage
"In 1901, I described Piroplasma equi and in 1903, the bacilliform piroplasma of the Bovidae from preparations which had been sent to me by Mr. Theiler, a"