Word: bacillus
Phonetic:
/bæˈsɪl.əs/Listen:
Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.
Any bacilliform (rod-shaped) bacterium.
(by extension) Something which spreads like bacterial infection.
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