cocci
Americannoun
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But finally they had a definitive answer: It was cocci.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2022
Like COVID-19, people infected with cocci can have extremely different symptoms.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2022
Part a: The micrograph shows ball-shaped cocci about 0.9 microns long.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Note that bacterial shape is not phylum-dependent; bacteria within a phylum may be cocci, rod-shaped, or spiral.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
When the cocci gain access to the joint, the lesion assumes the characters of a purulent arthritis, which, from its frequency during the earlier years of life, has been called the acute arthritis of infants.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
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