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pneu⋅mo⋅coc⋅cus

  [noo-muh-kok-uhs, nyoo‑]
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–noun, plural -coc⋅ci  [‑kok-sahy, ‑see] .
a bacterium, Diplococcus pneumoniae, causing lobar pneumonia and associated with cerain other diseases, as pericarditis and meningitis.
Origin:
1885–90; < NL; see pneumo-, -coccus

Related forms:
pneu⋅mo⋅coc⋅cal  [noo-muh-kok-uhl, nyoo‑] , pneu⋅mo⋅coc⋅cic  [noo-muh-kok-sik, nyoo‑] , pneu⋅mo⋅coc⋅cous  [noo-muh-kok-uhs, nyoo‑] , adjective
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pneu·mo·coc·cus   (nōō'mə-kŏk'əs, nyōō'-)   
n.   pl. pneu·mo·coc·ci (-kŏk'sī', -kŏk'ī')
A nonmotile, gram-positive bacterium (Streptococcus pneumoniae) that is the most common cause of bacterial pneumonia, associated with meningitis and other infectious diseases.
pneu'mo·coc'cal (-kŏk'əl) adj.
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Main Entry: pneu·mo·coc·cus
Pronunciation: "n(y)ü-m&-'käk-&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural pneu·mo·coc·ci /-'käk-"(s)I/
: a bacterium of the genus Streptococcus (S. pneumoniae) that causes an acute pneumonia involving oneor more lobes of the lung
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pneumococcus pneu·mo·coc·cus (n&oomacr;'mə-kŏk'əs, ny&oomacr;'-)
n. pl. pneu·mo·coc·ci (-kŏk'sī', -kŏk'ī')
A nonmotile, gram-positive bacterium (Streptococcus pneumoniae) that is the most common cause of bacterial pneumonia and is associated with meningitis and other infectious diseases.

pneu'mo·coc'cal (-kŏk'əl) adj.

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