teichoic acid /tei·cho·ic ac·id/ (ti-ko´ik) any of a diverse group of antigenic polymers of glycerol or ribitol phosphates found attached to the cell walls or in intracellular association with membranes of gram-positive bacteria; they determine group specificity of some species, e.g., the staphylococci.
tei·cho·ic acid (t -k   k)n. One of two types of polymers present in gram-positive bacteria, especially in the cell walls. |
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