STREPTOCOCCUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: streptococci

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

strep; streptococci; streptococcus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("streptococcus" is a kind of...):

eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)

Holonyms ("streptococcus" is a member of...):

genus Streptococcus (a genus of bacteria)

Derivation:

streptococcal (of or relating to or caused by streptococci)