Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

poststreptococcal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: post-strep-to-coc-cal
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Following a streptococcal infection

Example Sentences

"GAS skin infections can lead to poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis, and certain epidemiologists hypothesize that acute rheumatic fever might also be a sequela [6 ,9 ,14 ,17 ]."

Etymology

From post- + streptococcal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: post

Questions

What does poststreptococcal mean?: Following a streptococcal infection
Where does poststreptococcal come from?: From post- + streptococcal.

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