bacteroid

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noun

A micro-organism such as a bacterium or yeast.

“bacteroid particles”

Similar
bacteroidalbacterioidalbacterioid
OriginAncient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) ← Proto-Hellenic *wéidos ← Proto-Indo-European *wéydos →
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Meanings

nounbacteroid (plural bacteroids)

plural bacteroids

  1. datedA micro-organism such as a bacterium or yeast.
  2. A bacterium of the species Bacteroides.
  3. A symbiotic form of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobia, or the root nodule that it produces.
adjectivebacteroid (comparative more bacteroid, superlative most bacteroid)

comparative more bacteroid · superlative most bacteroid

  1. biologyResembling bacteria.

    bacteroid particles

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveresembling bacteria

Similar
bacteroidalbacterioidalbacterioid
Also see
bacterioidalbacteroidal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekβακτηρία (baktēría)
  2. Ancient Greekβακτήριον (baktḗrion)
  3. New Latinbactērium
  4. Englishbacterium
  5. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  7. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  8. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  9. Englishbacteroid

From bacterium + -oid.

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Translations

Polish bakteroid
  • bakteroida symbiotic form of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobia
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APA

bacteroid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bacteroid

MLA

“bacteroid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bacteroid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bacteroid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bacteroid.

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