diplococo
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Scientific Latin diplococcus, from Ancient Greek διπλόος (diplóos) and κόκκος (kókkos).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
diplococo m (plural diplococos)
- (bacteriology) diplococcus
- Hypernym: bacteria
- Hyponyms: meningococo, gonococo
Further reading edit
- “diplococo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014