BACTEROIDAL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Resembling bacteria

Synonyms:

bacterioid; bacterioidal; bacteroid; bacteroidal

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Pertainym:

bacteria ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)

Derivation:

bacteroid (a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants))

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