bacteroidal

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adjective

Relating to the bacteroids.

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bacteroidbacterioidalbacterioid
OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English bacteroid ← Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) →
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Meanings

adjectivebacteroidal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to the bacteroids.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveresembling bacteria

Similar
bacteroidbacterioidalbacterioid
Also see
bacterioidalbacteroid

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
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Englishbacteroidal

From bacteroid + -al.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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