sarcina
noun
sar·ci·na
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Medical Definition of sarcina
1
capitalized
: a genus of bacteria (family Peptococcaceae) that are gram-positive cocci, are mostly harmless saprophytes but include a few serious brewery pests, and have cells which under favorable conditions divide in three directions into cubical masses
2
plural sarcinas
or sarcinae\ -nē \
: any bacterium of the genus Sarcina
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: any bacterium of the genus Sarcina