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pneumococcus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables
pneu-mo-coc-cus
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A gram-positive bacterium, Streptococcus pneumoniae, that causes pneumonia and other infectious diseases

Etymology

From pneumo- + -coccus.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pneumococci (plural)

Derived Forms

antipneumococcal pneumococcal pneumococcic pneumococcosis

Frequently Paired Words

coccus pneumocidal

Synonyms

diplococcus pneumoniae

Questions

What does pneumococcus mean?
A gram-positive bacterium, Streptococcus pneumoniae, that causes pneumonia and other infectious diseases
Where does pneumococcus come from?
From pneumo- + -coccus.

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