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floc·cu·lent (fl

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adj.

1. Having a fluffy or wooly appearance.

2. Containing numerous shreds or fluffy particles of grayish or white mucus or other material. Used of a fluid such as urine.

3. Of or being a fluid bacterial culture in which there are numerous colonies either floating in the fluid medium or loosely deposited at the bottom.

4. Having a soft waxy or wool-like covering, as of certain insects.

floccu·lence n.

flocculent

[flok′yoo͡lənt]

Etymology: L, floccus, flock of wool

clumped or tufted, such as a cloud, or covered with a woolly, fuzzy surface. flocculate, v., flocculation, floccule, n.

flocculent [flok´u-lent]

containing downy or flaky shreds.

flocculent

woolly, containing downy or flaky shreds; said of bacterial growth composed of short, curved chains, variously oriented.

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