COCCOID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coccoid mean? 

• COCCOID (adjective)
  The adjective COCCOID has 1 sense:

1. spherical; like a coccus

  Familiarity information: COCCOID used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COCCOID (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spherical; like a coccus

Context example:

a coccoid microorganism

Similar:

circular; round (having the shape or form of a circle)

 Context examples 

This species is spore forming, nonacid-fast, urease negative, catalase positive, hydrolyzes starch, gelatin, esculin, xanthine, and hypoxanthine, reduces nitrate, and produces an aerial hyphae and substrate mycelium that fragments into coccoid elements.

(Nocardia dassonvillei, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is catalase and urease positive, acid-fast, hydrolyzes esculin but not casein, reduces nitrate, and characteristically produces a mycelium that fragments into bacillary and coccoid elements.

(Nocardia asteroides, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, catalase and urease positive, reduces nitrate, does not produce acid phosphatase, hydrolyzes esculin and testosterone, but not casein, elastin, hypoxanthine, tyrosine, and xanthine, and produces a mycelium and aerial hyphae that fragments into coccoid elements.

(Nocardia farcinica, NCI Thesaurus)