释义 |
▪ I. coccal, a.|ˈkɒkəl| [f. coccus: see -al1.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling a coccus; spherical or nearly spherical in form.
1928Lancet 8 Dec. 1193/1 A blood culture was taken.., the organism grown being coccal in character. 1964S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xxxv. 550 Of the coccal infections, the gonococcus, the streptococcus [etc.]..all may give rise to metastatic implications of the eye in generalized infections. ▪ II. coccal obs. form of cockal, knuckle-bone. |