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There are 13 words containing OCCUS

COCCUS	• coccus n. Any approximately spherical bacterium. • coccus n. One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit. • Coccus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Coccidae – some scale insects.
CRYPTOCOCCUS	• cryptococcus n. Any soil fungus of the genus Cryptococcus, some of which are pathogenic. • Cryptococcus prop.n. Principally soil-dwelling yeast fungi, but certain species cause cryptococcosis or meningitis in mammals… • Cryptococcus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Eriococcidae – certain scale insects, soft scale, some of which…
DIPLOCOCCUS	• diplococcus n. (Microbiology) A coccus that typically occurs in the form of two joined cells. • DIPLOCOCCUS n. a coccus that divides by fission, the two resulting individuals remaining paired.
ECHINOCOCCUS	• echinococcus n. (Zoology) A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, the larval stage of Echinococcus… • Echinococcus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Taeniidae – tapeworms that alternate a minute adult living as a… • ECHINOCOCCUS n. a parasitic tapeworm.
ELEUTHEROCOCCUS	• ELEUTHEROCOCCUS n. a creeping shrub found in Siberia, from which a drug is prepared that apparently increases stamina and concentration.
ENTEROCOCCUS	• enterococcus n. (Bacteriology) Any of a group of streptococci bacteria, of the genus Enterococcus, that inhabit the… • Enterococcus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Enterococcaceae – gram-positive bacteria that resemble streptococci… • ENTEROCOCCUS n. any of a genus of bacteria that resemble streptococci and were formerly classified with them.
FLOCCUS	• floccus n. (Meteorology) A cloud species which consists of rounded tufts of cloud, often formed by dissipation… • floccus n. A flock or tuft of wool or wool-like hairs; the downy plumage of unfledged birds. • FLOCCUS n. (Latin) the tuft of hair terminating the tail of mammals.
GONOCOCCUS	• gonococcus n. Any of the bacteria (Neisseria gonorrhoeae) that is responsible for gonorrhea. • GONOCOCCUS n. the bacterium that causes gonorrhoea.
MENINGOCOCCUS	• meningococcus n. A pathogenic bacterium, Neisseria meningitidis, common cause of cerebrospinal meningitis. • MENINGOCOCCUS n. a bacterium involved in cerebrospinal fever and meningitis.
MICROCOCCUS	• micrococcus n. (Biology) Any of a group of spherical, aerobic, gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Micrococcus, that… • Micrococcus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Micrococcaceae – micrococci, which bear plasmids that give them… • MICROCOCCUS n. a small spherical bacterium.
PNEUMOCOCCUS	• pneumococcus n. A gram-positive bacterium, Streptococcus pneumoniae, that causes pneumonia and other infectious diseases. • PNEUMOCOCCUS n. a bacterium that causes an acute pneumonia involving one or more lobes of the lung.
STAPHYLOCOCCUS	• staphylococcus n. A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia… • Staphylococcus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Staphylococcaceae – the staphylococcus bacteria. • STAPHYLOCOCCUS n. a bacteria causing infection in wounds etc.
STREPTOCOCCUS	• streptococcus n. A spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptococcus. Although commonly found benignly in… • Streptococcus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Streptococcaceae – the streptococcus bacteria. • STREPTOCOCCUS n. any of a genus bacteria forming bent chains.

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