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streptococcic

  • a word derived from streptococcus.
    streptococcus
    noun
    any of several spherical or oval bacteria of the genus Streptococcus, occurring in pairs or chains, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans, causing scarlet fever, tonsillitis, etc.

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The cases: >A 15-year-old boy with a bad streptococcic infection of the hip showed no improvement after large doses of sulfanilamide and sulfapyridine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Henry Alexander Wise Wood, 73, inventor of many improvements in modern printing presses, and first president of the American Society of Aeronautic Engineers; of a streptococcic infection; in Manhattan.

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Typical treatments included injection of streptococcic and typhoid vaccines, dietary fads, bee venom serum, manipulation of gnarled hands and joints.

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In 1933 Dr. Virgil Kinney Hancock, noted Seattle obstetrician, began to try irradiation on hopeless streptococcic and staphylococcic bloodstream infections, with great success.

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If the form of sepsis is not determinable, streptococcic or staphylococcic vaccines might be administered.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne

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