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BACTERIOID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bacterioid mean?
• BACTERIOID (adjective)
The adjective BACTERIOID has 1 sense:
1. resembling bacteria
Familiarity information: BACTERIOID used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling bacteria
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
bacterioid; bacterioidal; bacteroid; bacteroidal
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)
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