Definitions
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- adjective Shaped like a
rod ;long andcylindrical .
Etymologies
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rod + shaped
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Examples
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Leprosy, whose patients have historically been quarantined in isolated "leper colonies" throughout many countries and time periods, is caused by a rodshaped bacterium, Mycobacterium leprae.
Food &Health Skeptic 2008
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