bacilli

/B AH0 S IH1 L IY0/
noun
  1. 1

    Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.

  2. 2

    Any bacilliform (rod-shaped) bacterium.

  3. 3

    (by extension) Something which spreads like bacterial infection.

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