pneumococcus

English

Etymology

pneumo- +‎ -coccus

Noun

pneumococcus (plural pneumococci)

A gram-positive bacterium, Streptococcus pneumoniae, that causes pneumonia and other infectious diseases

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Translations

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Catalan: pneumococ (ca) m
Finnish: pneumokokki (fi)
French: pneumocoque (fr) m
Italian: pneumococco (it) m

Russian: пневмоко́кк (ru) m (pnevmokókk)
Spanish: neumococo m
Swedish: pneumokock (sv) c

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