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mi•cro•coc•cus
(mī′krə kok′əs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -coc•ci (-kok′sī, -sē).USA pronunciation [Bacteriol.]
mi′cro•coc′cal, mi•cro•coc•cic
(mī′krə kok′sik),USA pronunciation adj.
- Microbiologyany spherical bacterium of the genus Micrococcus, occurring in irregular masses, many species of which are pigmented and are saprophytic or parasitic.
- Neo-Latin (1872); see micro-, coccus