Bacillus

Word BACILLUS
Character 8
Hyphenation ba cil lus
Pronunciations /bæˈsɪl.əs/

Definitions and meanings of "Bacillus"

What do we mean by bacillus?

Any of various bacteria, especially a rod-shaped bacterium. noun

Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming, aerobic bacteria of the genus Bacillus that often occur in chains and include B. anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax. noun

In sponges, a microstrongyle; a form of spicule. noun

In anatomy, a little rod or rod-like body, as one of the rods of the retina. noun

An individual of the genus Bacillus. noun

capitalized A so-called genus of the microscopical vegetable organisms known as bacteria, having the form of very slender straight filaments, short or of moderate length, and consisting of one or more elongated cylindrical joints. noun

capitalized In entomology, a genus of orthopterous gressorial insects, of the family Phasmidæ, the walking-sticks. noun

Medicine made up into a long round figure like a stick. noun

A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetable organism. noun

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

Aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil noun

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

Any bacilliform (rod-shaped) bacterium.

(by extension) Something which spreads like bacterial infection.

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The word "bacillus" in example sentences

For instance, the germ that causes typhoid fever is called the _bacillus typhosus_; that which causes tuberculosis is called the bacillus tuberculosis; while the germ of diphtheria known as the _Klebs-Loeffler bacillus_, after the two men who discovered it. ❋ Woods Hutchinson (1896)

Which disease caused by a bacillus is abbreviated as "TB"? ❋ Unknown (2007)

He finally concluded that the only remaining competitor for the distinction of causing the pestilence was a germ which he called bacillus x. ❋ Unknown (1943)

There still may be much about Cameron's Tory party that is deeply difficult to stomach, but ejecting a government that is corrupting the very well of democracy seems a perfectly good reason to put those reservations to one side and to remove this bacillus from the body politic. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It was emphasized there, in addition, that the bacillus is dependent on the living organism for its development and multiplication, and that hence tuberculous infection is derived primarily from the expectorations of consumptives, and that it can probably also be caused by cattle suffering from «pearl disease». ❋ Unknown (1967)

When the anthrax bacillus is injected under the skin of sensitive animals, such as the rabbit or the guinea-pig, the microbe is found free in abundant fluid from which the white corpuscles are almost wholly absent. ❋ Unknown (1967)

It has been known for a long time that the tubercle bacillus is rapidly destroyed in the soil. ❋ Unknown (1964)

They did a quality check in the Slim-Fast factory and they found that they might have the presence of a bacteria called bacillus cereus. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If the anthrax bacteria, known as bacillus anthraxious (ph), actually gets into the lungs, an inhaled anthrax infection might occur. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Because of the resemblance of these latter to a walking stick they have been termed bacillus (plural, bacilli). ❋ Various (N/A)

The germ of pulmonary consumption, known as the bacillus tuberculosis, is contained in the breath and the sputa from the lungs of its victims. ❋ Albert F. Blaisdell (N/A)

It was first supposed that the bacillus was the specific organism; it was found in the lesions and certain, but not all, the features of the disease were produced by inoculating hogs with pure cultures. ❋ William Thomas Councilman (N/A)

When the bacillus was found, as it frequently was, in persons who were not suffering from the disease, the theory was saved by simply calling the bacillus an impostor, or pseudobacillus. ❋ George Bernard Shaw (1903)

Well, obviously, if the bacillus is the genuine Loeffler, you have diphtheria; and if it's the pseudobacillus, youre quite well. ❋ George Bernard Shaw (1903)

Experiments were carried out, and it was assumed, not without good reason, that the bacillus was the primary cause of the malady, and it was accordingly labelled the typhoid bacillus. ❋ Robert Blatchford (1897)

The next cheering find was that the worst enemies of the bacillus were our best friends. ❋ Woods Hutchinson (1896)

Ochsner states that in nearly all instances the disease can be traced to the common colon bacillus, which is always present when the intestine is normal. ❋ John Henry Tilden (1895)

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