pneumococcus

About 0.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A gram-positive bacterium, Streptococcus pneumoniae, that causes pneumonia and other infectious diseases.

Similar words

diplococcus pneumoniae pneumonia mycoplasma pneumotyphus pneumotype pneumocytosis pneumophage pneumocystis pneumonia pneumocystosis meningococcus

Often followed by

and is type in infection or pneumonia types was

Word family

pneumococcal pneumococci