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tetracoccus

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[te-truh-kok-uhs] / ˌtɛ trəˈkɒk əs /

noun

Bacteriology.

a spherical bacterium occurring in square groups of four.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

tetracocci

plural

Etymology

Origin of tetracoccus

First recorded in 1895–1900; tetra- + -coccus

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