ALL meanings of diplococcus
dip·lo·coc·cus
D d - noun plural diplococcus any of several spherical bacteria occurring in pairs, as Diplococcus pneumoniae. 1
- noun diplococcus A bacterium that occurs as pairs of cocci, e.g., pneumococcus. 1
- noun diplococcus (microbiology) A coccus that typically occurs in groups of two. 0
- noun diplococcus any of various spherical Gram-positive bacteria that occur in pairs, esp any of the genus Diplococcus, such as D. pneumoniae, which causes pneumonia: family Lactobacillaceae 0
- noun diplococcus any of a group of parasitic, spherical bacteria occurring in pairs, as the pneumococcus that causes lobar pneumonia 0