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pneumococcal

pneumococcal adjective: of, pertaining to or caused by a pneumococcus bacterium.

Adjective

pneumococcal (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to or caused by a pneumococcus bacterium
    Synonyms:
    pneumococcic

Synonyms of pneumococcal

Origin of pneumococcal

From pneumococcus + -al.

Words formed from pneumococcal

Questions about pneumococcal

What does pneumococcal mean?
Pneumococcal means of, pertaining to or caused by a pneumococcus bacterium.
What part of speech is pneumococcal?
Pneumococcal is an adjective.

Words near pneumococcal in the dictionary

  1. pneumocardiographic
  2. pneumocenteses
  3. pneumocentesis
  4. pneumocephalus
  5. pneumocidal
  6. pneumococcal
  7. pneumococci
  8. pneumococcic
  9. pneumococcoses
  10. pneumococcosis
  11. pneumococcus

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