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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 bacillusplay

2. resembling a rodplay

  Familiarity information: ROD-SHAPED used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROD-SHAPED (adjective)


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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