STREPTOCOCCUS


Meaning of STREPTOCOCCUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈkä-kəs ]

noun

( plural strep·to·coc·ci -ˈkä-ˌkī, -(ˌ)kē; -ˈkäk-ˌsī, -(ˌ)sē)

Etymology: New Latin

Date: 1877

: any of a genus ( Streptococcus ) of spherical or ovoid chiefly nonmotile and parasitic gram-positive bacteria that divide only in one plane, occur in pairs or chains, and include important pathogens of humans and domestic animals ; broadly : a coccus occurring in chains

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