Definition of Cryptococci

1. Noun. (plural of cryptococcus) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cryptococci

1. cryptococcus [n] - See also: cryptococcus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cryptococci

crypto-fascists
crypto-revisionism
cryptoanalysis
cryptoanalyst
cryptoanalysts
cryptobiont
cryptobiosis
cryptobiotic
cryptobranchiate
cryptochiral
cryptochirality
cryptochrome
cryptochromes
cryptococcal
cryptococcal meningitis
cryptococci (current term)
cryptococcoma
cryptococcoses
cryptococcosis
cryptococcus
cryptococcus neoformans
cryptocoryne
cryptocracies
cryptocracy
cryptocrystalline
cryptodepression
cryptodepressions
cryptodidymus
cryptoexotic
cryptoexotics

Literary usage of Cryptococci

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

1. Transactions of the Epidemiological Society of London by Epidemiological Society of London (1889)
"The innumerable granules, which surround the generative cryptococci, follow the same ... cryptococci of variable size were also observed, some very small, ..."

2. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1907)
"Proof of the possibility of primary infection of the mucous membrane by cryptococci is afforded by cases of epizootic lymphangitis of the conjunctival ..."

3. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1903)
"The line a is drawn from a cell, which contains two cryptococci, ... The lines f' and c are drawn from cells which contain several cryptococci. ..."

4. The Beginnings of Life: Being Some Account of the Nature, Modes of Origin by H. Charlton Bastian (1872)
"The ' Micrococci' and ' cryptococci' of Hallier. ... are said to multiply by fission, whilst cryptococci increase by a process of ..."

5. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1890)
"BENHAM, RHODA W. The terminology of the cryptococci with a note on ... BENHAM, RHODA W. cryptococci — their identification by morphology and by serology. ..."

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