| Library / English Dictionary |
ROD-SHAPED
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling a rod
Synonyms:
rod-shaped; rodlike
Classified under:
Similar:
rounded (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Formed like a bacillus
Synonyms:
bacillar; bacillary; bacilliform; baculiform; rod-shaped
Classified under:
Similar:
formed (having or given a form or shape)
Context examples:
A genus of Gram-negative, acidophilic, rod-shaped, obligate intracellular bacteria in the phylum Proteobacteria.
(Coxiella, NCI Thesaurus)
Rod-shaped structures of uncertain nature in the cytoplasm of immature myeloid cells, especially myeloblasts, in acute myelocytic leukemia; may be an abnormal form of lysosomes; they contain peroxidase and acid phosphatase, and stain red by azure-eosin stains.
(Auer Rod, NCI Thesaurus)
