sarcina

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sarcina - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sarcina \Sar*ci"na\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? of flesh, fr. sa`rx,
     sa`rkos, flesh.] (Biol.)
     A genus of bacteria found in various organic fluids,
     especially in those those of the stomach, associated with
     certain diseases. The individual organisms undergo division
     along two perpendicular partitions, so that multiplication
     takes place in two directions, giving groups of four cubical
     cells. Also used adjectively; as, a sarcina micrococcus; a
     sarcina group.
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     Sarcina form (Biol.), the tetrad form seen in the division
        of a dumb-bell group of micrococci into four; -- applied
        particularly to bacteria. See micrococcus.
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