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coccal

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coc·cus  (kks)
n. pl. coc·ci (kks, kk)
1. A bacterium having a spherical or spheroidal shape.
2. Botany A division containing a single seed that splits apart from a many-lobed fruit.

[New Latin, from Greek kokkos, grain, seed.]

coccal (kkl) adj.
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Adj.1.coccal - of or pertaining to or resembling a coccus


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That the non-acid-fast coccal forms could appear as single, double, or as densely-packed round forms.
Linezolid was approved in 2000 for treatment of gram-positive coccal infections.
 
 
 
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