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bacteroid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bac-teroid
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A micro-organism such as a bacterium or yeast.

Dated

noun

A bacterium of the species Bacteroides.

noun

A symbiotic form of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobia, or the root nodule that it produces.

adj

Resembling bacteria.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactēriumbor. English bacterium Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English bacteroid From bacterium + -oid.

Usage

Inflected Forms

bacteroids (plural) more bacteroid (comparative) most bacteroid (superlative)

Derived Forms

bacteroidal peribacteroid

Synonyms

bacteroidal bacterioidal bacterioid

Questions

What does bacteroid mean?
A micro-organism such as a bacterium or yeast.
Where does bacteroid come from?
Etymology tree Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactēriumbor. English bacterium Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English bacteroid From bacterium + -oid.

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