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Meaning of "pneumococcus" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PNEUMOCOCCUS

pneumococcus  [ˌnjuːməʊˈkɒkəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PNEUMOCOCCUS

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Pneumococcus is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PNEUMOCOCCUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Streptococcus pneumoniae, or pneumococcus, is a Gram-positive, alpha-hemolytic, aerotolerant, aerobic member of the genus Streptococcus. A significant human pathogenic bacterium, S. pneumoniae was recognized as a major cause of pneumonia in the late 19th century, and is the subject of many humoral immunity studies. S. pneumoniae resides asymptomatically in the nasopharynx of healthy carriers. However, in susceptible individuals, such as elderly and immunocompromised people and children, the bacterium may become pathogenic, spread to other locations and cause disease. S. pneumoniae is the main cause of community acquired pneumonia and meningitis in children and the elderly, and of septicemia in HIV-infected persons. Despite the name, the organism causes many types of pneumococcal infections other than pneumonia. These invasive pneumococcal diseases include bronchitis, rhinitis, acute sinusitis, otitis media, conjunctivitis, meningitis, bacteremia, sepsis, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, endocarditis, peritonitis, pericarditis, cellulitis, and brain abscess. S.

Definition of pneumococcus in the English dictionary

The definition of pneumococcus in the dictionary is a spherical bacterium that occurs in the respiratory tract, esp the Gram-positive Diplococcus pneumoniae, which causes pneumonia.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PNEUMOCOCCUS


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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PNEUMOCOCCUS

pneumobacilli
pneumobacillus
pneumococcal
pneumococci
pneumoconiosis
pneumoconiotic
pneumocystis
pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
pneumodynamics
pneumoencephalogram
pneumoencephalography
pneumogastric
pneumogram
pneumograph
pneumokoniosis
pneumonectomies
pneumonectomy
pneumonia
pneumonic
pneumonitis

WORDS THAT END LIKE PNEUMOCOCCUS

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 pneumococcus in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «pneumococcus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PNEUMOCOCCUS

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

Translator English - Chinese

肺炎球菌
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

neumococo
570 millions of speakers

English

pneumococcus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pneumococcus
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المكورة الرئوية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пневмококк
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pneumococo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pneumococcus
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pneumocoque
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pneumokokus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pneumokokken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

肺炎球菌
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

폐렴 구균
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pneumococcus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phế cầu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிமோனியா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

न्युमोकोकस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pnömokok
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pneumococco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pneumokoki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пневмококк
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pneumococ
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πνευμονιόκοκκου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pneumokokken
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pneumokocker
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pneumococcus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pneumococcus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PNEUMOCOCCUS»

The term «pneumococcus» is regularly used and occupies the 68.836 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PNEUMOCOCCUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pneumococcus» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pneumococcus» 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 pneumococcus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PNEUMOCOCCUS»

Discover the use of pneumococcus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pneumococcus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Pneumococcus
particularly fascinating topics covered in this volume include: comparative gram positive genomics; human and bacterial determinants of colonization versus invasive disease; gram positive interaction with innate immune response; traffic of ...
Elaine I. Tuomanen, 2004
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Pneumonia and Pneumococcus Infections
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: .
Robert Bruce Preble, 2009
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Clinical Infectious Disease
The pneumococcus is without question the most common cause of OPSI. This α- hemolytic, polysaccharide-encapsulated, gram-positive coccoid bacterium has a distinctive morphology on staining, a so-called lancet shape (Figure 95.4).
David Schlossberg, 2008
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The Professor, the Institute, and DNA
Avery, O. T., and Heidelberger, M. Immunological relationships of cell constituents of pneumococcus. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol, and Med. 20:435. Heidelberger, M., and Avery, O. T. The soluble specific substance of pneumococcus. /. Exp. Med.
René Jules Dubos, 1976
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Bacterial Infections of Humans: Epidemiology and Control
Introduction The pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae) is a major cause of pneumonia and meningitis worldwide. In his classic book entitled The Biology of the Pneumococcus, published in 1938, Benjamin White*11 listed 19 different ...
Alfred S. Evans, Philip S. Brachman, 1998
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Vaccines: What You Should Know
The pneumococcus vaccine is also made by combining a protein to a sugar. One of the reasons that it has been hard to make a successful pneumococcal vaccine is that ninety different strains of pneumococcus can cause disease. Fortunately ...
Paul A. Offit, Louis M. Bell, 2003
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Vaccines and Your Child: Separating Fact from Fiction
pneumococcus Pneumococcus: tHe disease 70,000—that's the number of cases of pneumonia caused by pneumococcus every year in the United States before a vaccine for children was available. And pneumonia isn't the worst ofit.
Paul A. Offit, Charlotte A. Moser, 2011
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The Prokaryotes: Vol. 4: Bacteria: Firmicutes, Cyanobacteria
Pneumococcus is a fragile body and contains within itself enzymatic forces that lead to its disruption and disintegration, rob the substrate in which it lives of nutrient substances, and from these substances evolve chemical agents that arrest ...
Martin Dworkin, Stanley Falkow, 2006
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Silent Victories : The History and Practice of Public Health ...
To produce an anti-pneumonia vaccine, Dubos experimented with ways to make the pneumococcus into a better antigen. “What I did was work out a fairly practical technique whereby the pneumococcus could be killed under conditions that ...
Epidemiology Program Center for Disease Control John W. Ward Director of the Office of Scientific Health and Communications, Christian Warren Professor of History New York Academy of Medicine, 2006
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Schaechter's Mechanisms of Microbial Disease
Jeffrey N. Weiser Pneumococcus: Is an a-hemolytic streptococcus that commonly colonizes the human nasopharynx. Is a frequent etiologic agent of respiratory tract infections, including otitis media, sinusitis, chronic bronchitis, and pneumonia, ...
Moselio Schaechter, N. Cary Engleberg, Victor J. DiRita, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PNEUMOCOCCUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pneumococcus is used in the context of the following news items.
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Genocea Biosciences Lifted to "Buy" at Zacks (GNCA)
... therapeutic candidate in HSV-2, GEN-003, as well as earlier-stage programs in Pneumococcus, Chlamydia, HSV-2 prophylaxis and Malaria. «WKRB News, Jul 15»
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Peninsula vaccines spinout snags $22 million in early funding
Conjugate vaccines are an $8 billion market and are a safe way to attack pneumococcus and other bacteria responsible for flu, the deadly ... «San Francisco Business Times, Jul 15»
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Zacks Upgrades Genocea Biosciences to Buy (GNCA)
... therapeutic candidate in HSV-2, GEN-003, as well as earlier-stage programs in Pneumococcus, Chlamydia, HSV-2 prophylaxis and Malaria. «Watch List News, Jul 15»
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Genocea Biosciences Rating Increased to Buy at Zacks (GNCA)
... therapeutic candidate in HSV-2, GEN-003, as well as earlier-stage programs in Pneumococcus, Chlamydia, HSV-2 prophylaxis and Malaria. «Dakota Financial News, Jul 15»
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WHO/UNICEF--Infant Immunization Coverage Increasing, But Not …
The study also takes into account how are used the vaccines against pneumococcus and rotavirus, and reports that only 19 percent of the ... «The Official Government News Portal of Sri Lanka, Jul 15»
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Elderly's organization calls for vaccinating over-65's
KBO points to a study done by UMC Utrecht on the vaccination against pneumococcus – a bacteria that can cause pneumonia – that found that ... «NL Times, Jul 15»
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WHO/UNICEF's Infant Immunization Coverage Increasing, But Not …
The study also takes into account how are used the vaccines against pneumococcus and rotavirus, and reports that only 19 percent of the ... «Radio Cadena Agramonte, Jul 15»
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Research and Markets: World Streptococcus Pneumoniae …
Streptococcus Pneumoniae (Pneumococcus) Infections Pipeline Insights provides the in-depth analysis of the pipeline assets across the ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
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Puno to build health centers for areas affected by cold
From January to July this year, the Ministry of Health distributed vaccines against pneumococcus and influenza to more than 3 million residents. «Peru this Week, Jul 15»
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GAVI honours Prez Mahama
... against pneumonia and diarrhoea (Pneumococcus and Rotavirus), meningitis, second dose measles and Injectable Polio vaccine (IPV). «Graphic Online, Jul 15»

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