cocci

[ kok-sahy, -see ]

noun

1. plural of coccus.
2. coccidioidomycosis.

cocci

/ ˈkɒksaɪ /

noun

1. the plural of coccus

Example Sentences

A Gram-positive stool due to cocci is suggestive of intestinal ulceration.

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They are coffee-bean-shaped cocci which lie in pairs with their flat surfaces together (Fig. 116).

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Cocci exhibit this movement, but with the exception of the Micrococcus agilis, the cocci are non-motile.

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We pass on now to the history of another family—namely, the Gallinsecta, as Raumur calls them, or Cocci.

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The pyogenic cocci are added factors in the pustular and furuncular cases.

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