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Definition of Coccal
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to or resembling a coccus.
Definition of Coccal
1. pertaining to a coccus [adj] - See also: coccus
Medical Definition of Coccal
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Coccal
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 ..."