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Definition: Streptococcal |
StreptococcalAdjective1. Of or relating to or caused by streptococci. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | Caused by infection due to any species of streptococcus. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: StreptococcalSynonyms: strep (adj), streptococcic (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Streptococcal |
| English words defined with "streptococcal": erysipelas ♦ lobar pneumonia. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "streptococcal": Streptococcal Vaccines. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | This patient developed streptococcal endocarditis after the bacteria had spread throughout his body by way of his blood stream, thereby, infecting the interior of his heart. Credit: CDC. |  | In Egypt, school children are examined for streptococcal infection, which may be a warning of rheumatic fever. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by D. Henrioud.. |
 | Streptococcal culture being examined. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by T. Farkas.. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Early treatment may reduce the risk of death from invasive group A streptococcal disease. (references) | |
Penicillin prophylaxis is often prescribed to avoid further infections with streptococcal bacteria. (references) | ||
Factor S, Levine OS, Nasser A, Potter J, Fajardo A, O'Sullivan MJ, Schuchat A. Impact of a risk-based prevention policy on neonatal group B streptococcal disease. (references) | ||
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| "Streptococcal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Streptococcal" is used about 25 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 25 | 69,787 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "streptococcal": Streptococcal Infections ♦ streptococcal sore throat ♦ Streptococcal Vaccines. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
streptococcal | 18 |
streptococcal infection | 13 |
pharyngitis streptococcal | 9 |
b disease group perinatal streptococcal | 6 |
streptococcal toxic shock syndrome | 4 |
glomerulonephritis post streptococcal | 4 |
septicemia streptococcal | 4 |
streptococcal pneumonia | 2 |
b group infection streptococcal | 2 |
group b streptococcal | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "streptococcal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | streptokok-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | streptogeen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | streptococcique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | streptogen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αντιστρεπτοκοκκικός ορός (serum against streptococcal infections). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | streptococcico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eptococcalstray soro antiestreptocócico (serum against streptococcal infections). (various references) streptococic. (various references) стрептококковый. (various references) suero antiestreptocócico (serum against streptococcal infections). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Streptococcal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cryptococcal, streptococcyl. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-c-e-l-o-o-p-r-s-t-t" | |
-4 letters: acceptors, acrolects, colocates, corotates, pectorals, spectator. | |
-5 letters: acceptor, acrolect, calottes, caltrops, carpools, clatters, coactors, cocottes, colocate, copastor, coracles, corotate, ectosarc, locaters, locators, paletots, partlets, pectoral, petrosal, platters, plotters, polecats, polestar, postoral, postrace, potatoes, prattles, precools, prostate, protects, rootlets, sceptral, sectoral, spectral, splatter, sprattle, stolport, taproots, tootlers, topcoats. | |
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