Word.ws English Dictionary

streptococcus

/ˌstɹɛptəˈkɒkəs/US/ˌstɹɛptəˈkɑkəs/

streptococcus noun: a spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptococcus. Although commonly found benignly in the human mouth and gut, and though many species are non-pathogenic, other species can cause diseases including strep throat and more serious conditions.

streptococcus: a spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptococcus. Although commonly found benignly...
Image: Doc. RNDr. Josef Reischig, CSc, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Noun

streptococcus (plural streptococci)

  1. A spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptococcus. Although commonly found benignly in the human mouth and gut, and though many species are non-pathogenic, other species can cause diseases including strep throat and more serious conditions.
    Synonyms:
    strep, strepto

streptococcus meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Malay and Persian

streptococcus in Tamil

ஸ்ட்ரெப்ட்டோக்காக்கஸ்

streptococcus in Tagalog

bacterium
estreptokoko

streptococcus in Malay

bacterium
streptokokus

streptococcus in Persian

bacterium
استرپتوکوک estereptokok
More languagesFewer languages
streptococcus in Vietnamese
liên cầu khuẩn

Synonyms of streptococcus

Forms of streptococcus

pluralstreptococci

Plural of streptococcus: streptococci

Origin of streptococcus

Morphologically a compound of strepto- + -coccus. They grow in chains or pairs, thus the name — from Ancient Greek στρεπτός (streptós, “twisted, pliant”), like a chain. Compare the genus name Streptococcus.

Words formed from streptococcus

Words that rhyme with streptococcus

Questions about streptococcus

What does streptococcus mean?
Streptococcus means a spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptococcus. Although commonly found benignly in the human mouth and gut, and though many species are non-pathogenic, other species can cause diseases including strep throat and more serious conditions.
What is streptococcus in Tamil?
Streptococcus in Tamil is ஸ்ட்ரெப்ட்டோக்காக்கஸ். See Streptococcus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is streptococcus?
Streptococcus is a noun.
How do you pronounce streptococcus?
Streptococcus is pronounced /ˌstɹɛptəˈkɒkəs/ (UK).
What is the plural of streptococcus?
The plural of streptococcus is streptococci.

Words near streptococcus in the dictionary

  1. streptococcicidal
  2. streptococcin
  3. streptococcins
  4. streptococcoses
  5. streptococcosis
  6. streptococcus
  7. streptodornase
  8. streptodornases
  9. streptogramin
  10. streptogramins
  11. streptogrisin

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: streptococcus (page history and authors); streptococcus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-streptococcus.wav.

Cite this entry: “streptococcus.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/streptococcus. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.