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Bacillus   /bəsˈɪləs/   Listen
Bacillus

noun
(pl. bacilli)
1.
Aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil.  Synonym: B.



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"Bacillus" Quotes from Famous Books



... call the Bailey bacillus. From the general manager, Mr. Fahey, down to Tommy Tate, it seems to ...
— The Doctor - A Tale Of The Rockies • Ralph Connor

... myocarditis with brown atrophy, calcification of part of thyroid, non-united fracture of neck of left femur, moderate coronary arteriosclerosis. The brain was abnormally soft (some of the larger intracortical vessels showed plugs of leucocytes possibly indicating an early encephalitis—Bacillus cold and a Gram-staining bacillus were cultivated from the cerebrospinal fluid.) Though the convolutions were neither flattened nor atrophied and absolutely no lesion was grossly visible, the cortex ...
— The Journal of Abnormal Psychology - Volume 10

... called David in, and talked at length and with enthusiasm about such human interest things as the Staphylococcus pyogenes aureus, and the Friedlander bacillus. The older man would listen, but his eyes were oftener on Dick than on ...
— The Breaking Point • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... Phyllis! I am ashamed of you. Besides, the people of Hazelborough have got to be extremely sensitive. They have caught the Nonconformist Conscience. The bacillus of the Nonconformist Conscience was rampant a short time ago, and it has not yet been stamped out. I'm afraid that I must have principle on my side—some show of principle, at any rate—not so wide as a church door or so deep ...
— Phyllis of Philistia • Frank Frankfort Moore

... connection with this fact there stands also the so-called astringent effect of the milieu upon the individuals who are incapable of rising out of their environment, of stepping out of it. In society that bacillus for which one has found the name "suggestion" appears certainly as a leveling element, and, accordingly, whether the individual stands higher or lower than his environment, whether he becomes worse ...
— Introduction to the Science of Sociology • Robert E. Park



Words linked to "Bacillus" :   eubacteria, eubacterium, bacillary, true bacteria, Yersinia pestis



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