tetracoccus

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(te′trə kokəs)


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tet•ra•coc•cus  (te′trə kokəs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -coc•ci (-koksī, -sē),USA pronunciation [Bacteriol.]
  1. Microbiologya spherical bacterium occurring in square groups of four.
  • tetra- + -coccus 1895–1900


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