Word.ws English Dictionary

streptothrix

streptothrix noun: any of the former genus Streptothrix of bacilli, having long, smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted. Some species are now classified in genus Actinomyces.

Noun

streptothrix (plural streptothrixes)

  1. (obsolete) Any of the former genus Streptothrix of bacilli, having long, smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted. Some species are now classified in genus Actinomyces.

Forms of streptothrix

pluralstreptothrixes

Origin of streptothrix

From the genus name.

Words formed from streptothrix

Questions about streptothrix

What does streptothrix mean?
Streptothrix means any of the former genus Streptothrix of bacilli, having long, smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted. Some species are now classified in genus Actinomyces.
What part of speech is streptothrix?
Streptothrix is a noun.
What is the plural of streptothrix?
The plural of streptothrix is streptothrixes.

Words near streptothrix in the dictionary

  1. streptothricin
  2. streptothricins
  3. streptothricoses
  4. streptothricosis
  5. streptothricotic
  6. streptothrix
  7. streptothrixes
  8. streptovaricin
  9. streptovaricins
  10. streptovidin
  11. streptozocin

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: streptothrix (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:

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