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pneumococcus
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pneumococcus
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.
Wiktionary
pneumococcus
n. A gram-positive bacterium, ''Streptococcus pneumoniae'', that causes pneumonia and other infectious diseases
WordNet
pneumococcus
n. bacterium causing pneumonia in mice and humans [syn: Diplococcus pneumoniae]
[also: pneumococci (pl)]
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.