bacillar

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adjective

Shaped like a rod or staff.

“a bacillar infection”

Similar
bacilliformbacillarybaculiformrod-shapedformed
OriginLatin bacillum →
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Meanings

adjectivebacillar (comparative more bacillar, superlative most bacillar)

comparative more bacillar · superlative most bacillar

  1. biologyShaped like a rod or staff.

    Synonyms: bacilliform

  2. biologyRelating to a bacillus.

    a bacillar infection

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveShaped like a rod or staff.

Similar
bacilliform

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiverelating to or produced by or containing bacilli

Similar
bacillary

adjectiveformed like a bacillus

Similar
bacillarybacilliformbaculiformrod-shapedformed
Also see
bacillarybacillianbacilliformbaculiformrod-shaped

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinbacillum“little staff”
  2. Englishbacillar

From Latin bacillum (“little staff”).

More words from Latin

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Translations

Catalan bacil·liforme, bacil·lar
  • bacil·liformeshaped like a rod or staff
  • bacil·larshaped like a rod or staff
  • bacil·larrelating to a bacillus
Portuguese bacilar, bacilar
  • bacilarshaped like a rod or staff
  • bacilarrelating to a bacillus

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bacillar

millerkillerthrillerpillarfillerschillerchillertillerstillerdrillerdistillerspillerbillerpillervillargrillerswindlergillerwillerfibrillarSillertonsillartrillermyofibrillar
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Anagrams

cabrilla
Cite this entry
APA

bacillar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bacillar

MLA

“bacillar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bacillar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bacillar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bacillar.

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