pneumococcus

pneumococcus
SYN: Streptococcus pneumoniae. [G. pneumon, lung, + kokkos, berry (coccus)]
- Fraenkel p. SYN: Streptococcus pneumoniae.

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pneu·mo·coc·cus .n(y)ü-mə-'käk-əs n, pl -coc·ci -'käk-.(s a bacterium of the genus Streptococcus (S. pneumoniae) that causes an acute pneumonia involving one or more lobes of the lung

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n. (pl. pneumococci)
the bacterium Streptococcus, which is associated with pneumonia and pneumococcal meningitis.
pneumococcal adj.

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pneu·mo·coc·cus (noo″mo-kokґəs) pl. pneumococґci [pneumo- + coccus] a member of the species Streptococcus pneumoniae. pneumococcal, pneumococcic adj

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