pneumococcus
Americannoun
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pneumococci
plural
noun
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Origin of pneumococcus
From New Latin, dating back to 1885–90; see origin at pneumo- , -coccus
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In the case of pneumococcus, for example, immunizing children indirectly protects older adults by limiting transmission.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2022
You know, you and I can be exposed to a pneumococcus and one person gets pneumonia and the other doesn’t.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 17, 2019
We have children’s vaccines against measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, chickenpox, polio, hepatitis A and B, rotavirus, pneumococcus, haemophilus influenzae and meningococcal disease.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2018
The antibiotic I received, a common first-line treatment, covers pneumococcus as well as other bacterial invaders.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2016
Griffith approached the problem by focusing on the microbe: Why was pneumococcus so fatal to animals?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The variety used in San Francisco contained antigens from eight of the most common types of pneumococci.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Early penicillins were active mainly against the berry-shaped microbes or cocci, such as streptococci, staphylococci and pneumococci.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now, just as the pneumococci seem to be gaining the upper hand, medical researchers have developed a powerful new weapon against them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Organisms also are present, such as the diplococcus intracellularis in acute cerebro-spinal meningitis; staphylococci, streptococci, and pneumococci, particularly in the intra-cranial complications of middle ear disease.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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