Usually means: Genus of spherical, chain-forming bacteria.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word streptococcus:

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  1. streptococcus: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. streptococcus: Merriam-Webster
  3. Streptococcus, streptococcus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. streptococcus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. streptococcus: Collins English Dictionary
  6. streptococcus: Vocabulary.com
  7. Streptococcus, streptococcus: Wordnik
  8. streptococcus: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. streptococcus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. streptococcus: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. streptococcus: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. streptococcus: Dictionary.com
  13. streptococcus: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Streptococcus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Streptococcus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. streptococcus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. streptococcus: Rhymezone
  18. Streptococcus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. streptococcus: FreeDictionary.org
  20. streptococcus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. streptococcus: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. streptococcus: Wiktionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Streptococcus: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. streptococcus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Streptococcus: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Streptococcus: Medical dictionary
  7. Streptococcus: Drug Medical Dictionary

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▸ 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.

Similar:
strep, strepto, streptobacillus, staphylococcus, streptomyces, streptothrix, streptomycete, golden staph, spherobacteria, staphylophage, more...

Types:
pyogenic, agalactiae, anaerobic, beta-hemolytic, more...

Phrases:
hemolytic streptococcus, streptococcus viridans, Streptococcus agalactiae, streptococcus sanguis, Streptococcus bovis, more...

Adjectives:
hemolytic, haemolytic, anaerobic, nonhemolytic, virulent, betahemolytic, microaerophilic, specific, fecal, resistant, producing
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Similar:
strep, strepto, streptobacillus, staphylococcus, streptomyces, streptothrix, streptomycete, golden staph, spherobacteria, staphylophage, more...

Types:
pyogenic, agalactiae, anaerobic, beta-hemolytic, more...

Phrases:
hemolytic streptococcus, streptococcus viridans, Streptococcus agalactiae, streptococcus sanguis, Streptococcus bovis, Streptococcus mitis, streptococcus equi, genus streptococcus, streptococcus suis, more...

Adjectives:
hemolytic, haemolytic, anaerobic, nonhemolytic, virulent, betahemolytic, microaerophilic, specific, fecal, resistant, producing



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