- Fraenkel p. SYN: Streptococcus pneumoniae.
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pneu·mo·coc·cus .n(y)ü-mə-'käk-əs n, pl -coc·ci -'käk-.(s)ī a bacterium of the genus Streptococcus (S. pneumoniae) that causes an acute pneumonia involving one or more lobes of the lung
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n. (pl. pneumococci)
the bacterium Streptococcus, which is associated with pneumonia and pneumococcal meningitis.
• pneumococcal adj.
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pneu·mo·coc·cus (noo″mo-kokґəs) pl. pneumococґci [pneumo- + coccus] a member of the species Streptococcus pneumoniae. pneumococcal, pneumococcic adjMedical dictionary. 2011.