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There are 12 words containing COCCUS

COCCUS• coccus n. Any approximately spherical bacterium.
• coccus n. One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit.
• Coccus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Coccidae – some scale insects.
CRYPTOCOCCUS• cryptococcus n. Any soil fungus of the genus Cryptococcus, some of which are pathogenic.
• Cryptococcus prop.n. Principally soil-dwelling yeast fungi, but certain species cause cryptococcosis or meningitis in mammals…
• Cryptococcus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Eriococcidae – certain scale insects, soft scale, some of which…
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.
ECHINOCOCCUS• echinococcus n. (Zoology) A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, the larval stage of Echinococcus…
• Echinococcus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Taeniidae – tapeworms that alternate a minute adult living as a…
• ECHINOCOCCUS n. a parasitic tapeworm.
ELEUTHEROCOCCUS• ELEUTHEROCOCCUS n. a creeping shrub found in Siberia, from which a drug is prepared that apparently increases stamina and concentration.
ENTEROCOCCUS• enterococcus n. (Bacteriology) Any of a group of streptococci bacteria, of the genus Enterococcus, that inhabit the…
• Enterococcus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Enterococcaceae – gram-positive bacteria that resemble streptococci…
• ENTEROCOCCUS n. any of a genus of bacteria that resemble streptococci and were formerly classified with them.
GONOCOCCUS• gonococcus n. Any of the bacteria (Neisseria gonorrhoeae) that is responsible for gonorrhea.
• GONOCOCCUS n. the bacterium that causes gonorrhoea.
MENINGOCOCCUS• meningococcus n. A pathogenic bacterium, Neisseria meningitidis, common cause of cerebrospinal meningitis.
• MENINGOCOCCUS n. a bacterium involved in cerebrospinal fever and meningitis.
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.
PNEUMOCOCCUS• pneumococcus n. A gram-positive bacterium, Streptococcus pneumoniae, that causes pneumonia and other infectious diseases.
• PNEUMOCOCCUS n. a bacterium that causes an acute pneumonia involving one or more lobes of the lung.
STAPHYLOCOCCUS• staphylococcus n. A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia…
• Staphylococcus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Staphylococcaceae – the staphylococcus bacteria.
• STAPHYLOCOCCUS n. a bacteria causing infection in wounds etc.
STREPTOCOCCUS• streptococcus n. A spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptococcus. Although commonly found benignly in…
• Streptococcus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Streptococcaceae – the streptococcus bacteria.
• STREPTOCOCCUS n. any of a genus bacteria forming bent chains.

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  • English Wiktionary: 26 words
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  • Scrabble in Spanish: no word
  • Scrabble in Italian: no word
  • Scrabble in German: no word
  • Scrabble in Romanian: no word


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