Bacilli

noun

Word Frequency: 1.7

Definitions

1.nounAny of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.

2.nounAny bacilliform (rod-shaped) bacterium.

3.noun(by extension) Something which spreads like bacterial infection.

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