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Webster 1913 Edition


Sarcina


Sar-ci′na

,
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] of flesh, fr.
σάρξ
,
σάρκος
, flesh.]
(Biol.)
A genus of bacteria found in various organic fluids, especially in those those of the stomach, associated with certain diseases. The individual organisms undergo division along two perpendicular partitions, so that multiplication takes place in two directions, giving groups of four cubical cells. Also used adjectively;
as, a
sarcina
micrococcus; a
sarcina
group
.
Sarcina form
(Biol.)
,
the tetrad form seen in the division of a dumb-bell group of micrococci into four; – applied particularly to bacteria. See
micrococcus
.

Definition 2024


Sarcina

Sarcina

See also: sarcina and sarcină

Translingual

Proper noun

Sarcina f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Clostridiaceae cocci-shaped bacteria that fail to dissociate during replication such that they form a cube of eight bacteria.

sarcina

sarcina

See also: sarcină and Sarcina

Latin

Noun

sarcina f (genitive sarcinae); first declension

  1. A package, pack
  2. (figuratively) burden, weight, sorrow

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative sarcina sarcinae
genitive sarcinae sarcinārum
dative sarcinae sarcinīs
accusative sarcinam sarcinās
ablative sarcinā sarcinīs
vocative sarcina sarcinae

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Aromanian: sartsinã
  • Barese: sarcene
  • Istro-Romanian: sårcirĕ
  • Italian: sarcina

References