||As`co*coc"cus (?), n.; pl.
Ascococci (?). [NL., fr. Gr. 'asko`s
bladder, bag + ? kernel.] (Biol.) A form of micrococcus,
found in putrid meat infusions, occurring in peculiar masses, each of which
is inclosed in a hyaline capsule and contains a large number of spherical
micrococci.