Etymology

bacilliform

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Today it means: Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped Full definition →

Latin fōrma ← Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? ← English bacillus
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The story

  1. Latinbacillu
  2. Englishbacillus
  3. Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)der.?
  4. Latinfōrma
  5. English todaybacilliform

From bacillus + -iform.

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