| bacillaceae | A family of bacteria which produce endospores. They are mostly saprophytes from soil, but a few are insect or animal parasites or pathogens. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| bacillaceae infections | Infections with bacteria of the family bacillaceae. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bacillaemia | The presence of rod-shaped bacteria in the circulating blood. Origin: bacillus + G. Haima, blood (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacillar | <biology> Shaped like a rod or staff. Origin: L. Bacillum little staff. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bacillariae | <biology> See Diatom. Origin: NL, fr.L. Bacillum, dim. Of baculum stick. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bacillary | Shaped like a rod; consisting of rods or rodlike elements. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacillary dysentery | Infection with Shigella dysenteriae, S. Flexneri, or other organisms. Synonym: Japanese dysentery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacillary haemoglobinuria | An acute toxaemic disease of cattle caused by the bacterium Clostridium haemolyticum and characterised by severe depression, fever, abdominal pain, dyspnea, dysentery, haemoglobinuria, and rapid death; also occurs in sheep and, rarely, in dogs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacillary layer | The layer of the retina next to the pigment layer and containing the visual receptors. See: retina, granular layers of retina, neuroepithelial layer of retina. Synonym: bacillary layer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bacille Calmette-Guerin | An attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis used in the preparation of BCG vaccine that is used for immunization against tuberculosis and in cancer chemotherapy. Extracts of the bacterium have remarkable powers in stimulation of lymphocytes and leucocytes and are used in adjuvants. Synonym: Calmette-Guerin bacillus. Acronym: BCG Origin: Fr. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacilli | <microbiology> Rod-shaped bacterial cells. (09 Oct 1997) |
| bacilliform | <microbiology> Shaped like bacteria: rodlike, elongated cylinders with rounded ends. (09 Oct 1997) |
| bacillin | An antibiotic substance produced by Bacillus subtilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacillomyxin | An antibiotic active against certain pathogenic fungi obtained from cultures of Bacillus subtilis. Origin: Bacillus + G. Mykes, fungus, + -in (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacillosis | A general infection with bacilli. (05 Mar 2000) |