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ROD-SHAPED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rod-shaped mean?
• ROD-SHAPED (adjective)
The adjective ROD-SHAPED has 2 senses:
1. formed like a bacillus
2. resembling a rod
Familiarity information: ROD-SHAPED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Formed like a bacillus
Synonyms:
bacillar; bacillary; bacilliform; baculiform; rod-shaped
Similar:
formed (having or given a form or shape)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Resembling a rod
Synonyms:
rod-shaped; rodlike
Similar:
rounded (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)
Context examples
A genus of Gram-negative, non-motile, rod-shaped bacteria that have a polysaccharide-based capsule and are oxidase negative.
(Klebsiella, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes.
(Listeria, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of Gram-positive, catalase-positive, rod-shaped bacteria in the phylum Actinobacteria.
(Nocardia, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria in the family Alcaligenaceae.
(Alcaligenes, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of Gram-negative, non-spore forming, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria in the phylum Proteobacteria.
(Escherichia, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of Gram-positive, aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, non-motile, non-sporulated, rod-shaped Actinobacteria.
(Corynebacterium, NCI Thesaurus)
A species of Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped, bacterium in the phylum Bacteroidetes that are motile by gliding.
(Flavobacterium, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of Gram-negative, motile, facultative anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria with peritrichous flagella in the phylum Proteobacteria.
(Enterobacter, NCI Thesaurus)
The rod-shaped body, composed of cells derived from the mesoblast and defining the primitive axis of the embryo.
(Notochord, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A genus of non-motile rod-shaped, obligately aerobic, facultative methylotrophs in the phylum Proteobacteria.
(Methylobacterium, NCI Thesaurus)
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