comma bacillus
noun
Simple meaning
A bacillus shaped like a comma, of species Vibrio cholerae.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkɑməbəˈsɪləs
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Definition
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noun
obsoletebacteriology
A bacillus shaped like a comma, of species Vibrio cholerae.
Comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: (obsolete, bacteriology) A bacillus shaped like a comma, of species Vibrio cholerae.
Used this way, comma bacillus is an old word kept alive mainly in historical writing that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a scientific use: it names something precisely within a field of study, so it appears in research and teaching more than in conversation.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Archaic
- Connotation
- Old-fashioned
- Usage feel
- Dated in modern speech
Where it naturally appears
- Science
- Academic writing
- Technical/specialist writing
- Historical writing
Usage note
This meaning belongs to older English, so readers meet it in historical or literary texts rather than in current speech.
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