pneumococcus
noun
a bacterium, Diplococcus pneumoniae, causing lobar pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, as pericarditis and meningitis.
pneumococci
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pluralof pneumococcus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Now from South Africa comes an alarming report about the appearance of one or more strains of pneumococci that largely defy the germ-killing powers not only of penicillin but of most other antibiotics.
From Time Magazine Archive
Infections of the sinus mem branes are caused by a number of bacteria, including the staphylococci, streptococci, pneumococci.
From Time Magazine Archive
The variety used in San Francisco contained antigens from eight of the most common types of pneumococci.
From Time Magazine Archive
This would combat the infection if pneumococci, rather than tubercle bacilli, were the cause.
From Time Magazine Archive
It has been shown positively that acute endocarditis is due to micro-organisms, generally streptococci, staphylococci or pneumococci, and, more frequently than once believed, gonococci.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne
