"pneumococcus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pneumococci [plural]
Etymology: pneumo- + -coccus Etymology templates: {{confix|en|pneumo|coccus}} pneumo- + -coccus Head templates: {{en-noun|pneumococci}} pneumococcus (plural pneumococci)
  1. A gram-positive bacterium, Streptococcus pneumoniae, that causes pneumonia and other infectious diseases Categories (lifeform): Bacteria Derived forms: pneumococcal, pneumococcosis Related terms: coccus, pneumocidal Translations (Streptococcus pneumoniae): pneumococ [masculine] (Catalan), pneumokokki (Finnish), pneumocoque [masculine] (French), pneumococco [masculine] (Italian), پنوموکوک (penomokok) (Persian), пневмоко́кк (pnevmokókk) [masculine] (Russian), neumococo [masculine] (Spanish), pneumokock [common-gender] (Swedish), pnömokok (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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