Where does “coccus” come from?
coccus (English) comes from Latin coccum, from Ancient Greek κόκκος — grain, seed, kernel; The kermes oak; insects of...
coccus (English): Any approximately spherical bacterium; One of the...
Definitions
- Any approximately spherical bacterium; One of the...
Ancestry of “coccus”, step by step
Words derived from “coccus”
- streptococcal
- pneumococcal
- staphylococcal
- meningococcal
- pneumococcus
- staph
- micrococcus
- meningococcus
- poststreptococcal
- coccoid
- diplococcus
- antistaphylococcal
- antistreptococcal
- antipneumococcal
- staphylococcic
- pneumococcic
- nonstreptococcal
- nonstaphylococcal
- nonpneumococcal
- staphylococcemia
- coccic
- antipneumococcic
- coccous
- tricoccous