Definition of "cocci" []

• Plural of coccus. (noun)

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• "(sometimes several inches across) submerged in it, and consists of more or less gelatinous matrix enclosing innumerable "cocci," "bacteria," or other elements of the Schizomycete concerned."
• "I'm a Gram Positive cocci like my cousin S. aureus."
• "I am not a microbiologist, but my responsibilities at work often require that I understand the difference between a cocci and a rod, Gram-negative and a Gram-positive, and which organisms are "objectionable"."