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Bacteria causing pneumonia
Answer for the clue "Bacteria causing pneumonia ", 12 letters:
pneumococcus
Word definitions for pneumococcus in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A gram-positive bacterium, ''Streptococcus pneumoniae'', that causes pneumonia and other infectious diseases
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. bacterium causing pneumonia in mice and humans [syn: Diplococcus pneumoniae ] [also: pneumococci (pl)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pneumococcus \Pneu`mo*coc"cus\, n. [See Pneumo- , and Coccus .] (Biol.) A form of micrococcus found in the sputum (and elsewhere) of persons suffering with pneumonia, and thought to be the cause of this disease.
Usage examples of pneumococcus.
Their existence would remain as much a mystery as that of pneumococci, poodles, or any other form of life.
Both gonorrheal infections in babies and an eye infection in a miner containing Pneumococcus were cured.
Clostridia and pneumococci produced a variety of hemolysins that destroyed red cells.