Strep

Definition: Strep

Strep

Adjective

1. Of or relating to or caused by streptococci.

Noun

1. Spherical gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis.

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"Strep" is a common misspelling or typo for: steps, strap, strewn, strip, stripe.

Synonyms: Strep

Crosswords: Strep

Books

• Invasive strep A : what do we need to know? : hearing before the Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, July 28, 1994 (reference)

• Strep Throat (It's Catching) (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Health

Persons with sore throats should be seen by a doctor who can perform tests to find out whether the illness is strep throat. (references)

If the test result shows strep throat, the person should stay home from work, school, or day care until 24 hours after taking an antibiotic. (references)

Glomerular disease sometimes develops rapidly after an infection in other parts of the body. Acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN) can occur after an episode of strep throat or, in rare cases, impetigo (skin infection). (references)

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Expression using "strep": strep throat. Additional references.

Bulgarian 

стрептокок (streptococcus). (various references)

German

Streptokokkus. (various references)

Pig Latin

epstray

Derivations

Words beginning with "strep": streps, streptobacilli, streptobacillus, streptococcal, streptococci, streptococcic, streptococcus, streptokinase, streptokinases, streptolysin, streptolysins, streptomyces, streptomycete, streptomycetes, streptomycin, streptomycins, streptothricin, streptothricins. (additional references)

Words containing "strep": obstreperous, obstreperously, obstreperousness, obstreperousnesses. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: prest.

-1 letter: erst, pert, pest, pets, reps, rest, rets, sept, step.

-2 letters: ers, per, pes, pet, rep, res, ret, ser, set.

-3 letters: er, es, et, pe, re.

+1 letter: erupts, esprit, paster, paters, pester, peters, poster, prates, preset, presto, prests, priest, purest, repast, repots, respot, ripest, sprent, sprite, stoper, streps, stripe, tapers, topers, trapes, tripes, tropes, twerps.

+2 letters: arpents, carpets, copters, departs, deports, entraps, esparto, esprits, experts, exports, gypster, hipster, imprest, palters, parents, pargets, parties, pastern, pasters, pastier, pasture, patters, patzers, pelters, penster, permits, persalt, persist, pertest, pesters, pestier, petards, petrels, petrols, petrous, petters, pewters, piaster, piastre, pirates, pitiers, plaster, platers, poorest, porters, postern, posters, posture, pothers, potters, potzers, pouters, powters, praters, preacts, precast, precuts, present, presets, presift, presort, prester, prestos, pretest, pretors, priests, privets, projets, prosect, prostie, proteas, protest, proteus, prowest, psalter, pterins, punster, punters, putters, pyrites, recepts, redtops, repasts, repeats, repents, replots, reports, reposit, reputes, respect, respelt, respite, resplit, respots, restamp, retapes, retypes, riposte, ropiest, scepter, sceptre, seaport, serpent, sparest, spatter, specter, spectra, spectre, spelter, spirted, spitter, sported, sporter, spotter, spouter, spriest, sprites, spryest, spurted, spurtle, sputter, stamper, stapler, steeper, stepper, stirpes, stomper, stooper, stopers, stopper, striped, striper, stripes, strophe, stumper, sumpter, tampers, tappers, tapster, tempers, tephras, thorpes, threaps, threeps, tippers, tipsier, tipster, toppers, traipse, trepans, triceps, triples, trompes, troupes, uprates, upstare, uptears.