peptococcus
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Medical Definition of peptococcus
1 capitalized : a genus of anaerobic gram-positive coccal bacteria that do not form spores and are now considered to comprise a single species (P. niger)
2
plural peptococci\-ˈkäk-ˌ(s)ī
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: any bacterium of the genus Peptococcus
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