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tetracoccus

American  
[te-truh-kok-uhs] / ˌtɛ trəˈkɒk əs /

noun

Bacteriology.
  • tetracocci
    plural
  1. a spherical bacterium occurring in square groups of four.


Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of tetracoccus

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


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