ascococcus

English

Etymology

From New Latin ascococcus, from Ancient Greek ἀσκός (askós) + κόκκος (kókkos). By surface analysis, ascus +‎ -coccus.

Noun

ascococcus (plural ascococci)

(bacteriology) A form of micrococcus, found in putrid meat infusions, occurring in peculiar masses, each of which is enclosed in a hyaline capsule and contains a large number of spherical micrococci.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ascococcus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)