micrococcus
noun
any spherical bacterium of the genus Micrococcus, occurring in irregular masses, many species of which are pigmented and are saprophytic or parasitic.
micrococci
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pluralof micrococcus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Instead, he extends only his little finger, thus exposing a minimum of his person to bacilli and micrococci.
From Time Magazine Archive
The spleen is less extensively enlarged than in animals, but is highly charged with blood, bacilli, and micrococci.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
In microscopic preparations of the diseased placenta he was able to recognize numerous short bacilli and micrococci.
From Contagious Abortion of Cows by Ward J. MacNeal
Such a distinction is of relative value merely, as the micrococci and bacteria are capable of acting in other ways than by the production of septic material.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The pus-like substance contained in the lymphatics is composed of pus-cells and of micrococci.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
