bacillus

About 1.96 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.
2. noun Any bacilliform (rod-shaped) bacterium.
3. noun Something which spreads like bacterial infection.

Similar words

b amylobacter tuberculosis pestis lepra organism tubercle abortus megatherium cereus

Often followed by

subtilis of thuringiensis is anthracis in and cereus coli

Word family

bacilli bacilluses