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streptococci


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Streptococcus  \Strep`to*coc"cus\,  n.;  pl  {Streptococci}.  [NL., 
  fr  Gr  ?  pliant,  curved  +  ?  a  grain,  seed.]  (Biol.) 
  A  long  or  short  chain  of  micrococci,  more  or  less  curved. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  streptococci 
  n  :  spherical  gram-positive  bacteria  occurring  in  pairs  or 
  chains;  cause  e.g.  scarlet  fever  and  tonsillitis  [syn:  {streptococcus}, 
  {strep}] 




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