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bacillus
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
bacillus
(noun)
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bacillus
/bə
ˈ
sɪləs/
noun
plural
bacilli
/-
ˈ
sɪˌlaɪ/
/bə
ˈ
sɪˌlaɪ/
bacillus
/bə
ˈ
sɪləs/
noun
plural
bacilli
/-
ˈ
sɪˌlaɪ/
/bə
ˈ
sɪˌlaɪ/
Learner's definition of BACILLUS
[
count
]
technical
:
a straight rod-shaped bacterium that requires oxygen for growth
also
:
a bacterium that causes disease
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