bacillary, a.
(ˈbæsɪlərɪ)
[ad. mod.L. bacillārius, f. L. bacillus little rod. Cf. F. bacillaire.]
Of, pertaining to, or consisting of little rods. Also, of, pertaining to, or caused by bacilli; spec. bacillary white diarrhœa, a disease attacking domestic fowl.
| 1865 Reader No. 139. 242/3 The bacillary layer. 1874 M. C. Cooke Fungi 170 Numerous bacillary spermatozoids. 1875 H. Walton Dis. Eye Introd. 27 External layer. Rods and cones. This is termed bacillary layer, or membrane Jacobi. 1884 Weekly Med. Rev. (Chicago) IX. 247 (title) On the bacillary doctrine of phthisis. 1894 Lancet 3 Nov. 1022/1 A further attempt on the part of the organism to protect itself against bacillary attack. Ibid. 1022/2 A drying process incompatible with bacillary life. 1908 R. T. Hewlett Bacteriology (ed. 3) 351 In one type of dysentery, the so-called epidemic or bacillary form. 1909 L. F. Rettger in Jrnl. Med. Research XXI. 117 The malady which for a long time I have termed fatal septicemia, and for which I would suggest the name simple or uncomplicated white diarrhea, or better still, bacillary white diarrhea, has a definite etiology. 1928 Jrnl. Ministry Agric. Feb. 1062 The Ministry has made arrangements for..agglutination tests for Bacillary White Diarrhœa..to be carried out at its Veterinary Laboratory. 1930 Times 17 Mar. 18/3 Coccidiosis, bacillary white diarrhœa, and other chicken diseases. |