Enterococcus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A usually nonpathogenic streptococcus that inhabits the intestine.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of a group of streptococci bacteria, of the genus Enterococcus, that inhabit the human gastrointestinal tract and have great resistance to antibiotics
    • Word Usage
    "And in a terrifying experiment, a British researcher recently showed that a microbe called enterococcus can transfer vancomycin resistance to staph."
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    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    caucus    raucous    staphylococcus    streptococcus   
     
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