pneumococcus
[ noo-muh-kok-uhs, nyoo‐ ]
noun,plural pneu·mo·coc·ci [noo-muh-kok-sahy, ‐see, nyoo‐]. /ˌnu məˈkɒk saɪ, ‐si, ˌnyu‐/.
a bacterium, Diplococcus pneumoniae, causing lobar pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, as pericarditis and meningitis.
Origin of pneumococcus
1Other words from pneumococcus
- pneu·mo·coc·cal [noo-muh-kok-uhl, nyoo‐], /ˌnu məˈkɒk əl, ˌnyu‐/, pneu·mo·coc·cic [noo-muh-kok-sik, nyoo‐], /ˌnu məˈkɒk sɪk, ˌnyu‐/, pneu·mo·coc·cous [noo-muh-kok-uhs, nyoo‐], /ˌnu məˈkɒk əs, ˌnyu‐/, adjective
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How to use pneumococcus in a sentence
In pneumococcal and typhoid infections, also, the organisms may be found in the blood.
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British Dictionary definitions for pneumococcus
pneumococcus
/ (ˌnjuːməʊˈkɒkəs) /
nounplural -cocci (-ˈkɒkaɪ)
a spherical bacterium that occurs in the respiratory tract, esp the Gram-positive Diplococcus pneumoniae, which causes pneumonia
Derived forms of pneumococcus
- pneumococcal, adjective
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