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Definition of Cryptococci
1. cryptococcus [n] - See also: cryptococcus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cryptococci
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. ..."