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PRONUNCIATION OF DIPLOCOCCUS

diplococcus  [ˌdɪpləʊˈkɒkəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIPLOCOCCUS

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Diplococcus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIPLOCOCCUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Diplococcus

A diplococcus is a round bacterium that typically occurs in the form of two joined cells. Examples are gram-negative Neisseria sp., and gram-positive Streptococcus pneumoniae or enterococcus. Its name comes from diplo, meaning double, and coccus, meaning berry. In former times, a bacterial genus Diplococcus was recognized, but it is not used anymore.

Definition of diplococcus in the English dictionary

The definition of diplococcus in the dictionary is any of various spherical Gram-positive bacteria that occur in pairs, esp any of the genus Diplococcus, such as D. pneumoniae, which causes pneumonia: family Lactobacillaceae.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIPLOCOCCUS


coccous
ˈkɒkəs
coccus
ˈkɒkəs
cryptococcus
ˌkrɪptəˈkɒkəs
echinococcus
ɪˌkaɪnəˈkɒkəs
eleutherococcus
eˌljuːθərəʊˈkɒkəs
enterococcus
ˌɛntərəʊˈkɒkəs
floccus
ˈflɒkəs
gonococcus
ˌɡɒnəʊˈkɒkəs
meningococcus
mɛˌnɪŋɡəʊˈkɒkəs
micrococcus
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈkɒkəs
pneumococcus
ˌnjuːməʊˈkɒkəs
staphylococcus
ˌstæfɪləʊˈkɒkəs
streptococcus
ˌstrɛptəʊˈkɒkəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIPLOCOCCUS

diplobiont
diplobiontic
diploblastic
diplocardiac
Diplock court
diplococcal
diplococci
diplococcic
diplodocus
diplogen
diplogenesis
diploic
diploid
diploidic
diploidy
diploma
diploma mill
diplomacies
diplomacy
diplomat

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIPLOCOCCUS

abacus
autofocus
caucus
circus
Copernicus
crocus
Damascus
depth of focus
discus
ficus
hibiscus
hocus
hocus-pocus
hortus siccus
locus
mucus
out-of-focus
rhoncus
Spartacus
succus

Synonyms and antonyms of diplococcus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «diplococcus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIPLOCOCCUS

Find out the translation of diplococcus to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of diplococcus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «diplococcus» in English.

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双球菌
1,325 millions of speakers

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diplococcus
570 millions of speakers

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diplococcus
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diplococcus
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المكورة المزدوجة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

диплококк
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

diplococo
270 millions of speakers

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diplococcus
260 millions of speakers

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diplococcus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Diplococcus
190 millions of speakers

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diplococcus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

双球菌
130 millions of speakers

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diplococcus
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Diplococcus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Diplococcus
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

diplococcus
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डिप्लोकाकस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

diplokoktur
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Diplococcus
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Diplococcus
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

диплококк
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

diplococcus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διπλόκοκκος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

diplococcus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Diplococcus
10 millions of speakers
no

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diplococcus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of diplococcus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIPLOCOCCUS»

The term «diplococcus» is normally little used and occupies the 125.157 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIPLOCOCCUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «diplococcus» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «diplococcus» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about diplococcus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIPLOCOCCUS»

Discover the use of diplococcus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to diplococcus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology and Allied ...
See Bacillus scyticcemiie bazmorr/zagica', Sternberg. Coccobacteria ureae, Rorsing. See Diplococcus pyogenes urece, Rorsing. Coccobacterium lyssaa, Rivolta. See Bacillus [)LfStZ', Pasteur. Cohnia roseo-persicina, \Vinter and Kiitzing.
George Milbry Gould, 1903
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The Student's Medical Dictionary: Including All the Words ...
Cf. Bacillus of Yel/cnv Fever. Denecke's Cheese Bacillus. See Spirillum tyrogenum. Dengue Micrococci. See Scheutzia laughlini. Detionella ochracea, Saccardo. See Leptothrix ochracea, Kiltz- ing. Diplococcus albicans amplus, Bumm.
George Milbry Gould, 1904
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An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology and Allied ...
Dengue Micrococci. See .S'r/1eu!'::in /any/1lz'nz'. Detionella ochracea, Saccardo. See Lqp/orhrix achrnrui, Kiitzing. Diplococcus albicans amplus, Burnm; Grayish white micrococcus. Found in mucus from the healthy vagina. aFr., famnair., /r'qf., ...
George Milbry Gould, 1894
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Pneumonia - The Biology of Pneumococcus
THE lanceolate, Gram-positive diplococcus, now known as the chief etiological agent in lobar pneumonia and ... has the species name Diplococcus pneti- moniae, genus Diplococcaceae, tribe Streptococcaceae of the family Coccaceae.
Roderick Heffron, Benjamin White, 1979
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International Record of Medicine and General Practice Clinics
to treatment and in whom it was reasonable to hope that a cure had been effected. In the twenty-nine prostatic cases, we obtained from cultures in twenty- one a Gram negative diplococcus having all the morphological characteristics of the ...
6
Archives of Ophthalmology (1879-1950)
Results Smear 19 O Staphylococcus — 2o 0 Staphylococcus — 2r 0 o + 22 — o + 2 3 0 O + 24 Diplococcus Streptococcus + 25 Diplococcus Streptococcus + 26 0 Xerosis — 27 Xerosis — 28 — Stre tococcus — 29 -— erosis -— 30 ...
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Medical Record
The Connellan-King diplococcus was found in the crypts of her tonsils. Autogenous vaccines were prepared, and her physician in Kane, Pa., gave them to her under my direction. After seven injections the pain had ceased and she has no ...
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Medical Record
Result : Diplococcus pneumonia of FraenkelWeichselbaum (pure culture), 6 cases. Diplococcus pneumonia and staphylococcus pyogenes albus, 1 case. There had been a discharge from the ear in the last case for several days. Pu: from ...
George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, 1890
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The Lancet
gonococcus are to be found, and that the infective agent is a diplococcus with, in all probability, some peculiar characters. Part II.— Chorea. [£. Passing now to the particular investigations which prompted us to ask for your leave to read this ...
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New Concept and New Way of Treatment of Cancer
Until sixty years ago, i.e. 1950s, an unexpected experiment result was found that when a toxic diplococcus pneumoniae, killed at high temperature, was mixed with a nontoxic diplococcus pneumoniae and injected into the body of a mouse, the ...
Xu Ze Xu Jie, Xu Ze Xu Jie Bin Wu, Bin Wu, 2013

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIPLOCOCCUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term diplococcus is used in the context of the following news items.
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Niger meningitis outbreak tops 8000, outbreak has peaked
Neisseria meningitidis, the causative agent of meningococcal disease, is a gram-negative diplococcus. Meningococci are classified into ... «Outbreak News Today, Jun 15»
2
Niger: Hundreds more affected by meningitis epidemic, 'situation …
Neisseria meningitidis, the causative agent of meningococcal disease, is a gram-negative diplococcus. Meningococci are classified into ... «Outbreak News Today, May 15»
3
Gonorrhea cases in Washington jump by nearly 40 percent
Neisseria gonorrhoeae Bacteria among numerous white blood cells known as polymorphonuclear leukocytes. This gram-negative diplococcus ... «KREM.com, Apr 15»
4
You Still Have GONORRHEA? Here's The Real Reason It hasn't Gone
It is caused by a gram gram-aerobic diplococcus Neisseria gonorrhoeae that colonizes the urinary/reproductive tracts and may occasionally ... «Nigerian Bulletin, Mar 15»
5
Scien.net Publishes Plasmid and Pneumoniae Bibliography
It features a reference covering experimental comparative bacteriological and histopathological studies on Diplococcus pneumoniae in rabbits ... «PR Web, Sep 12»
6
What's the Dx? Fever, stiff neck, lancet-shaped diplococci on Gram …
Neisseria meningitidis is a gram-negative diplococcus. H. influenzae type b is a pleomorphic gram-negative coccobacillus that should be ... «AAP News, Dec 10»
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The Secrets of Radiation-resistant Bacteria
Average abundance of manganese (blue, green, and pink) and iron (red) are shown within a single D. radiodurans diplococcus. Editorial: ... «Medgadget.com, Mar 07»

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