pneumococcus
/noo-muh-kok-uhs, nyoo‐/US // ˌnu məˈkɒk əs, ˌnyu‐ //UK // (ˌnjuːməʊˈkɒkəs) //
肺炎球菌,肺炎双球菌,肺炎链球菌,猪流感
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural pneu·mo·coc·ci [noo-muh-kok-sahy, ‐see, nyoo‐]. /ˌnu məˈkɒk saɪ, ‐si, ˌnyu‐/.
- : a bacterium, Diplococcus pneumoniae, causing lobar pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, as pericarditis and meningitis.
Examples
Recognition of the pneumococcus depends upon its morphology, the fact that it is Gram-staining, and the presence of a capsule.
By far the most frequent exciting causes of acute otitis media are the pneumococcus and the streptococcus.
Various organisms have been found in other forms of meningitis—the pneumococcus most frequently.
The bacteria were chiefly staphylococci, rarely the pneumococcus or the micrococcus catarrhalis.
Cultivations from the heart blood gave a pure growth of a typical (capsulated) pneumococcus.
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