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Meaning of Bacillus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
bæˈsɪl.əs

Definitions

  1. Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.
  2. Any bacilliform (rod-shaped) bacterium.
  3. Something which spreads like bacterial infection.
    broadly, figuratively

Equivalents

العربية البكتيريا عَصَوِيَّة
Bosanski bacil бацил
Català bacil
Čeština bacil
Deutsch Bazillus
Ελληνικά βάκιλλος βακτήριο
Español bacilo
Euskara bazilo
Suomi basilli sauvabakteeri
Français bacille
ગુજરાતી દંડાણુ
עברית מתג
Hrvatski bacil бацил
Magyar bacilus
Bahasa Indonesia basil
Íslenska baktería
Italiano bacillo
日本語 バシラス バチルス 桿菌
한국어 간균
Latviešu bacilis
Македонски бацил
Polski laseczka pałeczka
Português bacilo
Română bacil
Русский бацилла
Српски bacil бацил
Svenska bacill
Українська бацила паличка
Tiếng Việt trực khuẩn

Examples

“'This again,' said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, 'is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera - the cholera germ.'”
“"You will conceive a bunch of grapes," said he, "which are covered by some infinitesimal but noxious bacillus.”
“The “bacillus of boom or depression,” he wrote, travels freely “from country to country.””

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

bacilosarcin bacilysin bacinet Baciroa bacitracin Baciu

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