1-Stop Dictionary Reference

Streptococcus

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A round to ovoid, gram-positive, often pathogenic bacterium of the genus Streptococcus that occurs in pairs or chains, many species of which destroy red blood cells and cause various diseases in humans, including erysipelas, scarlet fever, and strep throat.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptococcus. Although commonly found benignly in the human mouth and gut, and though many species are non-pathogenic, other species can cause diseases including strep throat and more serious conditions.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A long or short chain of micrococci, more or less curved.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A genus of bacteria belonging to the family Coccaceæ. The cells are spherical, frequently forming chains; flagella are wanting. Division is in but one direction. The species are mostly associated with pathogenic conditions of animal tissues. S. pyogenes is a common pus-forming species.

n. A bacterium of the genus Streptococcus.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis

Word Usage

"Having studied many cases of child-bed fever at the hospitals, he declared before a medical society that he had seen its cause, and challenged he drew a picture resembling a rosary of what we now know as a streptococcus, or chain coccus."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

eubacterium true bacteria eubacteria

Variant

streptococci

Form

strep strep throat

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

caucus enterococcus raucous staphylococcus

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

streptococcal nosocomial pneumococcal aids-related staphylococcal