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sarcina
[ sahr-suh-nuh ]
noun
, Bacteriology.
, plural sar·ci·nas, sar·ci·nae [sahr, -s, uh, -nee].
- any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sarcina1
1835–45; < New Latin, Latin: bundle
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Example Sentences
Sarcina, sar-sī′na, n. a genus of schizomycetous fungi, in which the cocci divide in three planes forming cubical clumps:—pl.
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If in examining a preparation the sarcina grouping appears, that shows three-plane division.
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If there are no sarcina, but tetrads or staphylococci (rarely merismopedia), then the division is in two planes.
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Used internally for sarcina ventriculi, and externally as an application in skin diseases of fungous origin.
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