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tetracoccus

[ te-truh-kok-uhs ]

noun

, Bacteriology.
, plural tet·ra·coc·ci [te-tr, uh, -, kok, -sahy, -see],
  1. a spherical bacterium occurring in square groups of four.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tetracoccus1

First recorded in 1895–1900; tetra- + -coccus

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