coccoid

• Se dit d'une cellule ou d'un micro-organisme ayant une forme de coque, c'est-à-dire sphérique ou arrondie, comme les bactéries cocci.

Describes something that is shaped like a coccus (a spherical bacterium); round or spherical in form.

1. Spherical shapeC2formalscientific

   Having a round, spherical form, resembling a coccus (a type of bacterium).

   Coque (forme sphérique)

   • The bacteria were described as coccoid in shape.
   • Coccoid cells are often found in clusters.
   • The organism's coccoid morphology was confirmed under the microscope.

   Synonymesgloboseglobularroundsphericsphericalspheroidal

   Antonymesbacilliformfilamentousrod-shapedspiral