Definitions for pneumococcus

pneumococcus pneu·mo·coc·cus

Spelling: [noo-muh-kok-uh s, nyoo‐]
IPA: /ˌnu məˈkɒk əs, ˌnyu‐/

Pneumococcus is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 30 points.

You can make 395 anagrams from letters in pneumococcus (cccemnoopsuu).

Definitions for pneumococcus

noun

  1. a bacterium, Diplococcus pneumoniae, causing lobar pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, as pericarditis and meningitis.

Origin of pneumococcus

From New Latin, dating back to 1885-90; See origin at pneumo-, -coccus

Examples for pneumococcus

Widely present as the pneumococcus is, we know well that it is powerless for harm except in unhealthful surroundings.

Also the pneumococcus, though often present, must be raised in virulence before it can produce untoward results.

Recognition of the pneumococcus depends upon its morphology, the fact that it is Gram-staining, and the presence of a capsule.

Another interesting feature about the pneumococcus is its vitality outside of the body.

Various organisms have been found in other forms of meningitis—the pneumococcus most frequently.

Cultivations from the heart blood gave a pure growth of a typical (capsulated) pneumococcus.

By far the most frequent exciting causes of acute otitis media are the pneumococcus and the streptococcus.

The bacteria were chiefly staphylococci, rarely the pneumococcus or the micrococcus catarrhalis.

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