| COCCIDIOSES | • coccidioses n. Plural of coccidiosis. • COCCIDIOSIS n. infestation with or disease caused by coccidia. |
| COCCIDIOSIS | • coccidiosis n. (Pathology) The disease caused by coccidian infection. • COCCIDIOSIS n. infestation with or disease caused by coccidia. |
| COCCIFEROUS | • cocciferous adj. Bearing or producing berries. • COCCIFEROUS adj. of plants, supporting the cochineal insect. |
| CRYPTOCOCCI | • cryptococci n. Plural of cryptococcus. • CRYPTOCOCCUS n. any of a genus of budding imperfect fungi that resemble yeasts and include a number of saprophytes and a few serious pathogens. |
| DIPLOCOCCAL | • diplococcal adj. Relating to bacteria of the genus Diplococcus. • DIPLOCOCCAL adj. of or like a diplococcus, also DIPLOCOCCIC. |
| DIPLOCOCCIC | • diplococcic adj. Relating to diplococcus. • DIPLOCOCCIC adj. of or like a diplococcus, also DIPLOCOCCAL. |
| DIPLOCOCCUS | • diplococcus n. (Microbiology) A coccus that typically occurs in the form of two joined cells. • DIPLOCOCCUS n. a coccus that divides by fission, the two resulting individuals remaining paired. |
| ECHINOCOCCI | • echinococci n. Plural of echinococcus. • ECHINOCOCCUS n. a parasitic tapeworm. |
| ENTEROCOCCI | • enterococci n. Plural of enterococcus. • ENTEROCOCCUS n. any of a genus of bacteria that resemble streptococci and were formerly classified with them. |
| GONOCOCCOID | • GONOCOCCOID adj. having the shape of a gonococcus. |
| MICROCOCCAL | • micrococcal adj. Of, pertaining to, or caused by a micrococcus. • MICROCOCCAL adj. of or like a micrococcus. |
| MICROCOCCUS | • micrococcus n. (Biology) Any of a group of spherical, aerobic, gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Micrococcus, that… • Micrococcus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Micrococcaceae – micrococci, which bear plasmids that give them… • MICROCOCCUS n. a small spherical bacterium. |
| PNEUMOCOCCI | • pneumococci n. Plural of pneumococcus. • PNEUMOCOCCUS n. a bacterium that causes an acute pneumonia involving one or more lobes of the lung. |
| PROTOCOCCAL | • PROTOCOCCAL adj. relating to the Protoccus genus of unicellular algae. |