41 English Words Ending in COCCUS
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Definition: 1. (bacteriology) A form of micrococcus, found in putrid meat infusions, occurring in peculiar masses, each of which is enclosed in a hyaline capsule and contains a large number of spherical micrococci.
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Definition: 1. Any soil fungus of the genus Cryptococcus, some of which are pathogenic
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Definition: 1. (biology) The nucleus of the cytula or parent cell.
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Definition: 1. (zoology) Any bacterium of the genus Deinococcus.
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Definition: 1. (microbiology) A coccus that typically occurs in the form of two joined cells.
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Definition: 1. (zoology) A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, that forms compound cysts or tumours (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs.
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Definition: 1. (bacteriology) Any of a group of streptococci bacteria, of the genus Enterococcus, that inhabit the human gastrointestinal tract and have great resistance to antibiotics
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Definition: 1. Any of the bacteria (Neisseria gonorrhoeae) that is responsible for gonorrhea.
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Definition: 1. Any bacterium of the genus Lactococcus
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Definition: 1. A bacterium of the genus Macrococcus.
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Definition: 1. (biology) A relatively large coccoid bacterium
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Definition: 1. A pathogenic bacterium, Neisseria meningitidis, common cause of cerebrospinal meningitis
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Definition: 1. Any methanogen of the genus Methanococcus
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Definition: 1. (biology) Any of a group of spherical, aerobic, gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Micrococcus, that are wide-ranging and harmless.
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