"-coccus" meaning in English

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Suffix

Forms: -cocci [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin coccus, from Latin coccum, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|NL.|coccus}} New Latin coccus, {{der|en|la|coccum}} Latin coccum, {{bor|en|grc|κόκκος||grain, seed}} Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|plural|-cocci}} -coccus (plural -cocci)
  1. any spherical microorganism Tags: morpheme Derived forms: cryptococcus, diplococcus, macrococcus, ovococcus, protococcus, spermococcus, staphylococcus Related terms: coccus Translations (any spherical microorganism): -coque [masculine] (French), -კოკი (-ḳoḳi) (Georgian), -coccus (Hungarian), -cocco (Italian), ـکوک (-kok) (Persian), -coc (Romanian), -kok (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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