diplococ

From diplo- +‎ coc.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [di.pluˈkɔk]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [di.ploˈkɔk]
• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Hyphenation: di‧plo‧coc

diplococ m (plural diplococs)

1. (bacteriology) diplococcus

• gonococ
• meningococ
• pneumococ

• “diplococ” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “diplococ”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “diplococ”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from French diplocoque. By surface analysis, diplo- +‎ -coc.

diplococ m (plural diplococi)

1. diplococcus