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Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs
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diplococcus
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A diplococcus (plural diplococci ) is a round bacterium (a coccus ) that typically occurs in the form of two joined cells. Examples of gram-negative diplococci are Neisseria sp. , Haemophilus , Moraxella catarrhalis , Acinetobacter , and Brucella . Examples ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Diplococcus \Dip`lo*coc"cus\, n.; pl. Diplococci . [NL., fr. Gr. diplo`os twofold + ko`kkos grain, seed.] (Biol.) A form of micrococcus in which cocci are united in a binary manner. See Micrococcus . [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context microbiology English) A coccus that typically occurs in groups of two
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs [also: diplococci (pl)]
Usage examples of diplococcus.
Doelen has a little laboratory on the top floor and there it is: diplococcus intracellularis fine and large.
No doubt Doelen chloroformed her and put her to bed and gave her a dose of diplococcus intracellularis.
And included in the injection given to each citizen was a fraction of a very interesting formula which produces immunity to diplococci in a quite new fashion.
We have had practically no diplococci infections in our country for years back.
Wolf, watching a naked child defecate on a pile of garbage, recalled reading a city Health Services report - quickly suppressed by the mayor's office - that found the number of colonies of pathogenic micro-organisms like diplococcus, staph, amoeba and salmonella per cubic metre here to be completely off the measurement scale.