Synonyms & related words for diplococcus

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of diplococcus. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to diplococcus

Explore words related to diplococcus — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include coccic, enterobacterium, coccus, eubacterium, bacteria, bacterium, pseudomonad, pneumococcus. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does diplococcus come from?

The word diplococcus breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: diplo-, from Greek diploos (“double”); and coccus, from Greek kokkos (“berry, grain (spherical bacterium)”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.