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Rod-shaped   /rɑd-ʃeɪpt/   Listen
Rod-shaped

adjective
1.
Formed like a bacillus.  Synonyms: bacillar, bacillary, bacilliform, baculiform.
2.
Resembling a rod.  Synonym: rodlike.





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"Rod-shaped" Quotes from Famous Books



... CAUSE.—The direct cause of tuberculosis is Koch's Bacillus tuberculosis. This is a slender, rod-shaped microorganisms (Fig. 88) occurring in the diseased tissues, feces and milk of a tubercular animal. It belongs to that small group known as acid-fast bacteria. The tubercle bacillus is not really destroyed by external influences, and ...
— Common Diseases of Farm Animals • R. A. Craig, D. V. M.


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