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bacilliform

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bacil-li-form
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped

noun

Such a bacillus

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin bacilluslbor. English bacillus Latin -i-bor. English -i- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Latin fōrma Latin -fōrmisder. English -form English -iform English bacilliform From bacillus + -iform.

Inflected Forms

more bacilliform (comparative) most bacilliform (superlative) bacilliforms (plural)

Derived Forms

badnavirus

Synonyms

bacillar bacillary baculiform rod-shaped

Questions

What does bacilliform mean?
Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped
Where does bacilliform come from?
Etymology tree Latin bacilluslbor. English bacillus Latin -i-bor. English -i- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Latin fōrma Latin -fōrmisder. English -form English -iform English bacilliform From bacillus + -iform.

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