Definition of Coccal

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to or resembling a coccus.

Partainyms: Coccus
Derivative terms: Coccus

Definition of Coccal

1. pertaining to a coccus [adj] - See also: coccus

Medical Definition of Coccal

1. Relating to cocci. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coccal

cocamines
cocaptain
cocaptained
cocaptaining
cocaptains
cocarboxylase
cocarboxylases
cocarcinogen
cocarcinogenesis
cocarcinogenic
cocarcinogens
cocas
cocatalyst
cocatalysts
cocawine
coccal (current term)
cocci
coccic
coccid
coccid insect
coccidia
coccidia of cattle
coccidia of chickens
coccidia of geese
coccidia of pheasants
coccidia of rabbits
coccidia of sheep and goats
coccidia of swine
coccidia of turkeys
coccidial

Literary usage of Coccal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On Infantilism from Chronic Intestinal Infection: Characterized by the by Christian Archibald Herter (1908)
"(3) coccal Forms. The third group of organisms consists of coccal forms, the relation of which ... In our cases of infantilism, Gram-positive coccal forms ..."

2. Diphtheria and Its Associates by Lennox Browne (1895)
"Independently of these coccal organisms and of the specific bacilli, others are found. There is one which bears a strong resemblance to the bacillus coli, ..."

3. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1889)
"greatest abundance in very acute cases of phthisis with high fever and rapid disintegration of lung, and is often accompanied by another coccal or ..."

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