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Sarcina

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Sar`ci´na
n.1.(Biol.) A genus of bacteria found in various organic fluids, especially in those those of the stomach, associated with certain diseases. The individual organisms undergo division along two perpendicular partitions, so that multiplication takes place in two directions, giving groups of four cubical cells. Also used adjectively; as, a sarcina micrococcus; a sarcina group.
Sarcina form
(Biol.) the tetrad form seen in the division of a dumb-bell group of micrococci into four; - applied particularly to bacteria. See micrococcus.
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Tibi quidem in primis sequestranda vetus hec curarum sarcina et preparandus est animus; tum denique fugiendum.
Il mito di Giuseppe Parini nelle Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis by McMenamin, James F. / Italica
11-12, dove Corace denuncia l'eccesso di peso che deve portare: sed neque Giton sub insolito fasce durabat, et mercennarius Corax, detractator ministerii, posita frequentius sarcina male dicebat properantibus affirmabatque se aut proiecturum sarcinas aut cum onere fugiturum.
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Grinn, Sarcina Lutea and Bikini Black Special play at HMS's On The Scene, Bar 1 Twenty.
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