different between coccus vs pneumococcus

coccus

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kókkos, grain, seed)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?k??k?s]

Noun

coccus (plural cocci)

  1. Any approximately spherical bacterium.
  2. One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit.

Derived terms

  • -coccus
  • -cocci

See also

  • Oxycoccus

Translations

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pneumococcus

English

Etymology

pneumo- +? -coccus

Noun

pneumococcus (plural pneumococci)

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

Derived terms

  • pneumococcal
  • pneumococcosis

Related terms

  • coccus
  • pneumocidal

Translations

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  • what does pneumococcus act as
  • pneumococcal vaccine
  • what does pneumococcal mean
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  • pneumococcal disease
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