Definition of "diplococci" []

• Plural form of diplococcus. (noun)

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• "N. meningitis is a Gram-negative, diplococci bacteria."
• "Yesterday, the Health Ministry confirmed that the trainees at the academy were infected with bacterial meningitis caused by the gram-negative diplococci bacteria, which spreads through coughing or sneezing within a one-metre radius of an infected person."
• "A presumptive diagnosis can be made by finding gram-negative kidney-bean shaped diplococci within neutrophils in a urethral discharge."