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Definition: Streptococci |
StreptococciNoun1. Spherical gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | A genus of spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in chains or pairs. They are widely distributed in nature, being important pathogens but often found as normal commensals in the mouth, skin, and intestine of humans and other animals. (references) |
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Synonyms: StreptococciSynonyms: strep (n), streptococcus (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Streptococci |
| English words defined with "streptococci": strep, streptococcal, streptococcic. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "streptococci": flegmon or phlegmon ♦ Mupirocin ♦ Streptococcus equi, Streptodornase and Streptokinase. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "streptococci": streptococcus. (references) |
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 | Scanning Electron Micrograph of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Pneumococcus, Streptococci. Credit: CDC. |  | Thioglycollate broth culture. Morphology is rod-like with chains when cultured on broth. Can cause subacute bacterial endocarditis and dental caries. Streptococci. Credit: CDC. |
 | Increasing prevalence of high level penicillin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae over time. Streptococci. Credit: CDC. |  | In the last century, infections by Streptococcus pyogenes, (S. hemolyticus), claimed many lives, especially since the organism was the most important cause of puerperal fever and scarlet fever. Streptococci. Credit: CDC. |
 | A pus specimen, viewed using Pappenheim's stain. Last century, infections by S. pyogenes claimed many lives especially since the organism was the most important cause of puerperal fever and scarlet fever. Streptococci. Credit: CDC. |  | This organism causes respiratory infections such as pneumonia and sinusitis, as well as bacteremia, otitis media, meningitis, peritonitis and arthritis. The Neufeld-Quellung test is used in pneumococcus typing. Streptococci. Credit: CDC. |
 | Blood agar plate culture yields coccal-like morphology without chains. The S. mutans organism can cause subacute bacterial endocarditis and dental caries. Streptococci. Credit: CDC. |  | Streptococci are subdivided into groups based on what antibodies recognize their surface antigens. Group D contains five species, S. faecalis, S. faecium, S. durans, S. avium, and S. bovis. Credit: CDC. |
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Health | In addition, there is evidence of matrilineal transmission of mutans streptococci in early childhood. (references) | |
Mutans streptococci is an established etiologic agent for caries, and its presence clearly indicates the potential for cariogenic activity. (references) | ||
Group A streptococcus is a bacterium often found in the throat and on the skin. People may carry group A streptococci in the throat or on the skin and have no symptoms of illness. (references) | ||
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| "Streptococci" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "Streptococci" is used about 6 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 83.33% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (plural) | 16.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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 |
streptococci | 28 |
b group streptococci | 7 |
beta hemolytic streptococci | 6 |
streptococci viridans | 4 |
group streptococci | 3 |
fecal streptococci | 2 |
hemolytic streptococci | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "streptococci"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "球菌 (streptococcus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | streptokok-klassificering (serological classification of streptococci), fækale streptokokker (faecal streptococci, fecal streptococci). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | faecale streptococcen (faecal streptococci, fecal streptococci). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | fekaalistreptokokki (faecal streptococci, fecal streptococci), fekaalinen streptokokki (faecal streptococci, fecal streptococci), fekaali streptokokki (faecal streptococci, fecal streptococci). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | streptocoques fécaux (faecal streptococci, fecal streptococci), classification sérologique des streptocoques (serological classification of streptococci). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Streptokokkokus fecalis (faecal streptococci, fecal streptococci), Streptokokken-Klassifizierung (serological classification of streptococci). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στρεπτόκοκκοι των κοπράνων (faecal streptococci, fecal streptococci). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eptococcistray стрептококк (streptococcus). (various references) estreptococos. (various references) fekala streptokocker (faecal streptococci, fecal streptococci). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | streptococcus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "streptococci": streptococcic. (additional references) | |
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"Streptococci" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: streptococcyl, strptococci. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-c-e-i-o-o-p-r-s-t-t" | |
-3 letters: crocoites, porticoes. | |
-4 letters: cocottes, cortices, coscript, cottiers, crocoite, porticos, postriot, protects, rootiest, scirocco, scotopic, spottier, tortoise. | |
-5 letters: cerotic, ciceros, cocotte, coopers, cooters, cooties, copiers, copters, cotters, cottier, cretics, ectopic, erotics, isotope, octrois, orectic, poetics, poorest, portico, potters, pottier, potties, prosect, prostie, protect, protest, protist, reposit, riposte, risotto, ropiest, sceptic, scooper, scooter, scottie, sirocco. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-c-e-i-o-o-p-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: streptococcic. | |
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