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pneumococci

pneumococci is the plural of pneumococcus.

Meaning of pneumococcus

Noun

pneumococcus (plural pneumococci)

  1. A gram-positive bacterium, Streptococcus pneumoniae, that causes pneumonia and other infectious diseases

Questions about pneumococci

What is pneumococci the plural of?
Pneumococci is the plural of pneumococcus.

Words near pneumococci in the dictionary

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

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