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   bacillus

   /bəˈsɪləs/

   noun

   • 1. a rod-shaped bacterium.
   • ▪ a disease-causing bacterium: "the bacillus was thought to have proliferated in water polluted by sewage"

   Word Origin late 19th century: from late Latin, diminutive of Latin baculus ‘stick’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • B

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