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streptococci (root: streptococcus)
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Noun streptococci has 1 sense
- streptococci(n = noun.animal) strep, streptococcus - spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis; Array is a kind of eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
is a member of genus streptococcus
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