Bacteroidal

2 definitions found

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

  Bacteroid \Bac"te*roid\, Bacteroidal \Bac`te*roid"al\, a.
     [Bacterium + -oid.] (Biol.)
     Resembling bacteria; as, bacteroid particles.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  bacteroidal
       adj : resembling bacteria [syn: {bacteroid}, {bacterioidal}, {bacterioid}]