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Webster 1913 Edition
Ascococcus
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Asˊco-coc′cus
,Noun.
pl.
Ascococci
. [NL., fr. Gr.
ἀσκόσ
bladder, bag + [GREEK] kernel.] (Biol.)
A form of micrococcus, found in putrid meat infusions, occurring in peculiar masses, each of which is inclosed in a hyaline capsule and contains a large number of spherical micrococci.