pneumococcus

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Noun

HYPHEN

pneu=mo=coc=cus

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pneumococcus has 1 sense

pneumococcus(n = noun.animal) diplococcus pneumoniae - bacterium causing pneumonia in mice and humans; Array

is a kind of diplococcus

Derived form adjective pneumococcal₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pneumococcus, n. [See Pneumo-, and Coccus.].

A form of micrococcus found in the sputum (and elsewhere) of persons suffering with pneumonia, and thought to be the cause of this disease. [1913 Webster]

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