BOCCI | • bocci n. Alternative form of bocce. • BOCCI n. (Italian) an Italian bowling game, also BOCCE, BOCCIA, BOCCIE. |
CAPRICCI | • capricci n. Plural of capriccio. • CAPRICCIO n. (Italian) a free form musical composition. |
COCCI | • cocci n. Plural of coccus. • cocci n. Coccidioidomycosis. • -cocci suff. Plural of -coccus. |
CRYPTOCOCCI | • cryptococci n. Plural of cryptococcus. • CRYPTOCOCCUS n. any of a genus of budding imperfect fungi that resemble yeasts and include a number of saprophytes and a few serious pathogens. |
DIPLOCOCCI | • diplococci n. Plural of diplococcus. • DIPLOCOCCUS n. a coccus that divides by fission, the two resulting individuals remaining paired. |
ECHINOCOCCI | • echinococci n. Plural of echinococcus. • ECHINOCOCCUS n. a parasitic tapeworm. |
ELEUTHEROCOCCI | • ELEUTHEROCOCCUS n. a creeping shrub found in Siberia, from which a drug is prepared that apparently increases stamina and concentration. |
ENTEROCOCCI | • enterococci n. Plural of enterococcus. • ENTEROCOCCUS n. any of a genus of bacteria that resemble streptococci and were formerly classified with them. |
FLOCCI | • flocci n. Plural of floccus. • FLOCCUS n. (Latin) the tuft of hair terminating the tail of mammals. |
GONOCOCCI | • gonococci n. Plural of gonococcus. • GONOCOCCUS n. the bacterium that causes gonorrhoea. |
MENINGOCOCCI | • meningococci n. Plural of meningococcus. • MENINGOCOCCUS n. a bacterium involved in cerebrospinal fever and meningitis. |
MICROCOCCI | • micrococci n. Plural of micrococcus. • MICROCOCCUS n. a small spherical bacterium. |
PASTICCI | • pasticci n. Plural of pasticcio. • PASTICCIO n. (Italian) a medley, a pastiche. |
PNEUMOCOCCI | • pneumococci n. Plural of pneumococcus. • PNEUMOCOCCUS n. a bacterium that causes an acute pneumonia involving one or more lobes of the lung. |
STAPHYLOCOCCI | • staphylococci n. Plural of staphylococcus. • STAPHYLOCOCCUS n. a bacteria causing infection in wounds etc. |
STREPTOCOCCI | • streptococci n. Plural of streptococcus. • STREPTOCOCCUS n. any of a genus bacteria forming bent chains. |
SUCCI | • succi n. Plural of succus. • SUCCUS n. (Latin) juice, any fluid secretion from a plant or animal. |