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Coccus

A bacterial cell which has the shape of a sphere. Coccus enters into the name of a number of bacteria. For example, enterococcus, meningococcus, pneumococcus, staphylococcus, and streptococcus.

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1. A bacterium of round, spheroidal, or ovoid form. 2. SYN: cochineal. [G. kokkos, berry]

- Neisser c. SYN: Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

- Weichselbaum c. SYN: Neisseria meningitidis.

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coc·cus 'käk-əs n, pl coc·ci 'käk-.(s)īalso -(.)(s)ē

1) a spherical bacterium

2) COCHINEAL

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n. (pl. cocci)

any spherical bacterium. See also gonococcus, meningococcus, Micrococcus, pneumococcus, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus.

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Coc·cus (kokґəs) [L., from Gr. kokkos berry] a genus of hemipterous insects of the family Coccidae, order Hemiptera. C. cacґti is a source of cochineal.

Medical dictionary. 2011.