Usually means: Bacterial infection causing throat inflammation.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. strep: Merriam-Webster
  2. strep: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. strep: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. strep: Collins English Dictionary
  5. strep: Vocabulary.com
  6. Strep, strep: Wordnik
  7. strep: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. strep: Wiktionary
  9. strep: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. strep: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. strep: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. strep: Dictionary.com
  13. strep: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. strep: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Strep: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. strep: Rhymezone
  17. strep: FreeDictionary.org
  18. strep: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. strep: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. strep-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

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  1. strep: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. strep: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Strep: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  4. strep: Medical dictionary
  5. Strep: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. STREP: Acronym Finder
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  1. strep: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. strep: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (strep)

▸ noun:  (informal) A streptococcus.
▸ noun:  (informal, pathology) Ellipsis of strep throat. [(pathology) An infection of the throat with streptococci.]
▸ noun:  (informal) Clipping of streptocarpus. [Any of several plants of the genus Streptocarpus; Cape primroses.]

Similar:
streptococcus, rev st st, ridge, rhodococcus, rickettsia, rabdosphincter, Repp, rheovirus, stroke, strainrate, more...

Opposite:
staph, healthy, non-streptococcal

Phrases:
strep throat, strep throats, strep screen, group a strep, rapid strep test, more...

Adjectives:
hemolytic, pen, resistant, rapid, mof, eating, green, fecal, oral, anaerobic, superficial


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Similar:
streptococcus, rev st st, ridge, rhodococcus, rickettsia, rabdosphincter, Repp, rheovirus, stroke, strainrate, more...

Opposite:
staph, healthy, non-streptococcal

Phrases:
strep throat, strep throats, strep screen, group a strep, rapid strep test, more...

Adjectives:
hemolytic, pen, resistant, rapid, mof, eating, green, fecal, oral, anaerobic, superficial



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