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cocci

[ kok-sahy, -see ]

noun

  1. plural of coccus.


cocci

/ ˈkɒksaɪ /

noun

  1. See coccus
    the plural of coccus


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

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

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

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

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

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