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bacillus
Part of speech: NounAny of a genus, or kind, of rodshaped vegetable organisms, visible only under the microscope.
Usage examples "bacillus":- In Spain it is much used as a surgical dressing, and is said to be more destructive than any other agent to the bacillus of cholera. - "Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure", William Thomas Fernie.
- But for the despised microbe and the persecuted bacillus, who needed a home and nourishment, he would not have been created. - "Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens", Albert Bigelow Paine Last Updated: February 20, 2009.
- And then a mood of unbelief would darken my mind and I would view the creation of the bacillus as an idle and vain dream, an illusion never to be realized.... - "The Blue Germ", Martin Swayne.