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Definition: Spirillum |
SpirillumNoun1. Spirally twisted elongate rodlike bacteria usually living in stagnant water. 2. Any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Spirillum \Spi*ril"lum\, noun. [New Latin expression, diminutive of Latin spira coil.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A genus of gram-negative, curved and spiral-shaped bacteria found in stagnant, freshwater environments. These organisms are motile by bipolar tufts of flagella having a long wavelength and about one helical turn. (references) |
Medicine | A bacterial genus in the family Spirillacea. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: SpirillumSynonym: spirilla (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Spirillum |
| Specialty definitions using "spirillum": Rat-Bite Fever. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Spirillum" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (spirillum), Hungarian (spirillum). |
Expressions using "spirillum": genus Spirillum ♦ spirillum fever ♦ Spirillum minus. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
spirillum | 5 |
spirillum volutans | 5 |
serpens spirillum | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "spirillum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الحليزين. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | spirillum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Spirillum (Spirilla). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | spirillum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Spirillum, Dicrospirillum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פתל. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | spirillum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Spirillum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | irillumspay espirilo. (various references) спирилла. (various references) spirila. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "spirillum" (pronounced 'Spi*ril"lum'): Asylum, Cerebellum, Coelum, Collum, Corallum, Cribellum, Flabellum, flagellum, Glabellum, hilum, hoodlum, Mesophyllum, Peplum, Podophyllum, Postscutellum, Rostellum, Sacellum, Scutellum, Sigillum, Skellum, Vallum, Vellum, Veretillum, Vexillum. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-i-l-l-m-p-r-s-u" | |
-3 letters: limuli, prills, primus, purism, surimi. | |
-4 letters: ilium, impis, limps, lumps, mills, mulls, pilis, pills, pilus, plums, prill, primi, prims, prism, pulis, pulls, puris, purls, rills, rumps, sirup, slump, slurp, spill. | |
-5 letters: ills, impi, imps, iris, limp, lips, liri, lisp, lump, lums, mill, mils, miri, mirs, mull, pili, pill, plum, plus, prim, puli, pull. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-i-l-l-m-p-r-s-u" | |
+2 letters: multipliers. | |
+3 letters: supraliminal. | |
+5 letters: papillomavirus. | |
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