Synonyms & related words for bacteroid

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of bacteroid. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to bacteroid

Explore words related to bacteroid — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include bacteria, bacterium, spirillum, diplococcus, bacterial, microorganisms, azotobacter, microbe. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does bacteroid come from?

The word bacteroid breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: bacter, from Greek bakterion (“little staff, rod”); and -oid, from Greek eidos (“form, resembling”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.