Definitions for bacillary

bacillary bac·il·lar·y

Spelling: [bas-uh-ler-ee, buh-sil-
IPA: /ˈbæs əˌlɛr i, bəˈsɪl ə ri/

Bacillary is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 235 anagrams from letters in bacillary (aabcillry).

Definitions for bacillary

adjective

  1. Also, bacilliform [buh-sil-uh-fawrm] /bəˈsɪl əˌfɔrm/ (Show IPA). of or like a bacillus; rod-shaped.
  2. Bacteriology. characterized by bacilli.

Origin of bacillary

First recorded in 1880-85; bacill- + -ary

Examples for bacillary

Next is the bacillary layer which lines about five-sixths of the interior surface of the eye.

Through the summer and autumn many cases of diarrhœa and of both amœbic and bacillary dysentery made their appearance.

Next Purkinje's figures, or shadows cast by the blood-vessels of the middle layer upon the bacillary layer of the retina.

Tuberculous disease of joints results from bacillary infection through the arteries.

Word Value for bacillary
Scrable

16

Words with friends

19

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