cocci
pronunciation
How to pronounce cocci in British English:
UK ['kɒksaɪ]
How to pronounce cocci in American English:
US ['kɒksaɪ]
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- Noun:
- any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria
Word Origin
- cocci (n.)
- spherical-shaped bacteria, plural of Latin coccus, from Greek kokkos "berry" (see cocco-).
Example
- 1. Adherent gram-positive cocci on the intestinal villi of dogs .
- 2. The sensitivity of nitrofurantoin in cocci was just a little bit less than van .
- 3. Therefore , linezolid is likely to be an effective and safe treatment for gram-positive cocci infections in icu patients , and warrant further clinical study .
- 4. Through the treatment of patients with the gram-positive cocci infections with the linezolid , to evaluated the efficacy and safety of linezolid .
- 5. Results inverse ratio between bacilli and cocci , the number of bacteria decrease were associated with kinds and treatment course of antimicrobial application , but fungus infection had no relation with kinds and treatment course of antimicrobial application .