coccoid
[kok-oid]
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adjective
Also coc·coi·dal. resembling a coccus; globular.
noun
a coccoid cell or organism.
Nearby words
- coccidium,
- cocciferous,
- cocco-,
- coccobacillary,
- coccobacillus,
- coccolith,
- coccus,
- coccyalgia,
- coccydynia,
- coccygeal
Origin of coccoid
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Examples from the Web for coccoid
Some of the coccoid bodies are formed in the lumen of the gut and Malpighian tubules.
Handbook of Medical Entomology|William Albert Riley