pneumococcus

English

Etymology

From pneumo- +‎ -coccus.

Noun

pneumococcus (plural pneumococci)

1. A gram-positive bacterium, Streptococcus pneumoniae, that causes pneumonia and other infectious diseases

Derived terms

• antipneumococcal
• pneumococcal
• pneumococcic
• pneumococcosis

Related terms

• coccus
• pneumocidal

Translations

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Catalan: pneumococ (ca) m Finnish: pneumokokki (fi) French: pneumocoque (fr) m Italian: pneumococco (it) m Persian: پنوموکوک (penomokok) Russian: пневмоко́кк (ru) m (pnevmokókk) Spanish: neumococo m Swedish: pneumokock (sv) c Turkish: pnömokok