pneumococcus
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məˈkɒk noun, plural pneu·mo·coc·ci [‐kok-sahy, ‐see] .
[‐kok-sahy, ‐see] . a bacterium, Diplococcus pneumoniae, causing lobar pneumonia and associated with cerain other diseases, as pericarditis and meningitis.
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| —n , pl -cocci | |
| a spherical bacterium that occurs in the respiratory tract, esp the Gram-positive Diplococcus pneumoniae, which causes pneumonia | |
| pneumo'coccal | |
| —adj | |
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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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Example sentences
No currently available vaccine protects against all types of pneumococcus.
Bacteria on the rise may be filling the ecological void left by the decline in the vaccine's seven pneumococcus strains.
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