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poststreptococcal

poststreptococcal adjective: following a streptococcal infection.

Adjective

poststreptococcal (not comparable)

  1. Following a streptococcal infection
    • GAS skin infections can lead to poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis, and certain epidemiologists hypothesize that acute rheumatic fever might also be a sequela [6 ,9 ,14 ,17 ].2015 October 13, “Scabies and Bacterial Superinfection among American Samoan Children, 2011–2012”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of poststreptococcal

From post- + streptococcal.

Questions about poststreptococcal

What does poststreptococcal mean?
Poststreptococcal means following a streptococcal infection.
What part of speech is poststreptococcal?
Poststreptococcal is an adjective.

Words near poststreptococcal in the dictionary

  1. poststimulus
  2. poststomal
  3. poststorm
  4. poststratification
  5. poststratifications
  6. poststreptococcal
  7. poststress
  8. poststrike
  9. poststroke
  10. poststructural
  11. poststructuralism

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