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Sarcina
‖
Sar-ci′na
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] of flesh, fr.
σάρξ
, σάρκος
, 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
groupSarcina 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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Sarcina
sarcina
sarcina
Latin
Noun
sarcina f (genitive sarcinae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sarcina | sarcinae |
| genitive | sarcinae | sarcinārum |
| dative | sarcinae | sarcinīs |
| accusative | sarcinam | sarcinās |
| ablative | sarcinā | sarcinīs |
| vocative | sarcina | sarcinae |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- sarcina in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sarcina in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- SARCINA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sarcina”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- sarcina in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers