diplococcal

Variant of diplococcus

diplococcus definition

diplo·coc·cus (-käk′əs)

noun pl. diplococci -·coc′ci′ (-käk′sī′)

any of a group of parasitic, spherical bacteria occurring in pairs, as the pneumococcus that causes lobar pneumonia

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