Bacillary

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bacillary \Bac"il*la*ry\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to little rods; rod-shaped.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to bacilli; produced by, or
        containing, bacilli; bacillar; as, a bacillary disease.


        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bacillary
       adj 1: relating to or produced by or containing bacilli [syn: {bacillar}]
       2: formed like a bacillus [syn: {baccilar}, {bacilliform}, {baculiform},
           {rod-shaped}]