Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

pneumococcus

Pronunciation: /ˌnjuːmə(ʊ)ˈkɒkəs/
Definition of pneumococcus

noun (plural pneumococci /-ˈkɒk(s)ʌɪ, -ˈkɒk(s)iː/)

  • a bacterium associated with pneumonia and some forms of meningitis.
    • Streptococcus pneumoniae, a Gram-positive diplococcus

Derivatives

pneumococcal

adjective

pneumococcus in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of pneumococcus in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

enjambement

/ ɪnˈdʒam(b)m(ə)nt /
noun
(in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause …