bacillar

Variant of bacillary

bacillary definition

bac·il·lary (bas′ə ler′ē, bə sil′ər ē)

adjective

  1. rod-shaped; bacilliform
  2. consisting of rodlike structures
  3. of, like, characterized by, or caused by bacilli
Also bacillar ba·cil′·lar (bə sil′ər, bas′ə lər)

Etymology: ModL bacillarius: see bacillus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.