"strep" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /stɹɛp/ Forms: streps [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛp Etymology: Clipping of streptococcus. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|streptococcus}} Clipping of streptococcus Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} strep (countable and uncountable, plural streps)
  1. (informal, pathology) Ellipsis of strep throat. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable Alternative form of: strep throat Categories (topical): Diseases
    Sense id: en-strep-en-noun-qwTPWl9K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 1 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 62 2 25 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 1 26 3 3 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
  2. (informal) A streptococcus. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable Synonyms: strepto
    Sense id: en-strep-en-noun-8J26Ar3E
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /stɹɛp/ Forms: streps [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛp Etymology: Clipping of streptocarpus. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|streptocarpus}} Clipping of streptocarpus Head templates: {{en-noun}} strep (plural streps)
  1. (informal) Clipping of streptocarpus. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Alternative form of: streptocarpus Synonyms: strepto
    Sense id: en-strep-en-noun-JnIAYb73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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