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.
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In the boy's case, the hardy new pneumococci finally succumbed to combined doses of rifampin and fusidic acid, but doctors noted that he was already recovering when the drugs were administered.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet, the baby, instead of dying, "showed marked improvement . . . within 24 hours," and in a few days the sulfapyridine conquered flu germs as well as pneumococci.
From Time Magazine Archive
A large family of organisms called the pneumococci are responsible for the various types of pneumonia.
From Time Magazine Archive
What he saw was swarms of vicious pneumococci and tiny, rod-shaped, bloodsucking Hemophilus influenzae, most common of the numerous organisms connected with flu.
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
