noun
- spherical bacteria that occur in pairs
Usage: medical; microbiology
Examples
- The laboratory identified diplococci in the patient’s blood sample.
- Streptococcus pneumoniae appears as diplococci under the microscope.
- The microbiologist observed pairs of diplococci in the culture.
- Diplococci are commonly found in respiratory tract infections.
- The gram stain revealed gram-positive diplococci.
- Neisseria species are gram-negative diplococci.