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pneumococcus
[ noo-muh-kok-uhs, ԲǴ‑ ]
noun
- a bacterium, Diplococcus pneumoniae, causing lobar pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, as pericarditis and meningitis.
pneumococcus
/ ˌːəʊˈɒə /
noun
- a spherical bacterium that occurs in the respiratory tract, esp the Gram-positive Diplococcus pneumoniae, which causes pneumonia
Derived Forms
- ˌԱܳˈdz, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- Ա··dz· [noo-m, uh, -, kok, -, uh, l, ԲǴ‑], Ա··dz· [noo-m, uh, -, kok, -sik, ԲǴ‑], Ա··dz·dzܲ [noo-m, uh, -, kok, -, uh, s, ԲǴ‑], adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of pneumococcus1
Example Sentences
In the case of pneumococcus, for example, immunizing children indirectly protects older adults by limiting transmission.
A patient could carry the influenza virus but also test positive for a bacterium such as pneumococcus, for example.
In the early 1920s, Griffith, a medical officer at the British Ministry of Health, began to investigate a bacterium named Streptococcus pneumoniae or pneumococcus.
Medicare Part B covers three vaccines completely: influenza, pneumococcus and, when indicated, hepatitis B.
Bisphosphonates lowered the risk even in people already vaccinated against seasonal flu and pneumococcus, two common causes of pneumonia.
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