Definition of Pneumococcal

1. Adjective. Of or derived from or caused by bacteria of the genus pneumococcus.

Partainyms: Pneumococcus
Derivative terms: Pneumococcus

Definition of Pneumococcal

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to or caused by a pneumococcus bacterium ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pneumococcal

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Pneumococcal

1. Pertaining to or containing the pneumococcus. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pneumococcal

pneumatype
pneumectomies
pneumectomy
pneumo-
pneumo-orbitography
pneumoangiography
pneumoarthrography
pneumobacillus
pneumobulbar
pneumocardial
pneumocele
pneumocentesis
pneumocephalus
pneumocholecystitis
pneumococcaemia
pneumococcal (current term)
pneumococcal/suppurative keratitis
pneumococcal empyema
pneumococcal infections
pneumococcal pneumonia
pneumococcal pneumonia immunization
pneumococcal polysaccharide
pneumococcal vaccine
pneumococci
pneumococcidal
pneumococcolysis
pneumococcosis
pneumococcosuria
pneumococcus
pneumocolon

Literary usage of Pneumococcal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"pneumococcal vaccine: clinical efficacy and effectiveness. ... pneumococcal isolations from patients with pneumonia and control subjects in a prepaid ..."

2. The Diseases of infancy and childhood by Henry Koplik (1918)
"pneumococcal Peritonitis.—pneumococcal peritonitis, as has been stated, may be primary, and as such occurs most frequently from the second to the twelfth ..."

3. Physiology and Pathology of the Cerebrospinal Fluid by William Boyd (1920)
"pneumococcal MENINGITIS Of the ordinary pyogenic organisms the pneumococcus is the commonest invader of the cerebral meninges, and pneu- mococcal meningitis ..."

4. The Opsonic Method of Treatment: A Short Compendium for General by Richard William Allen (1907)
"Coleman recorded before the Royal Academy of Medicine, Ireland, on March 2, 1906, a case of unresolved pneumonia treated by inoculation of pneumococcal ..."

5. Manual of Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals edited by Kim Waggie (1994)
"These methods, which use either an ELISA or latex-agglutination format, are designed to detect either pneumococcal antigens or antibodies produced by the ..."

6. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"pneumococcal vaccine: clinical efficacy and effectiveness. ... pneumococcal isolations from patients with pneumonia and control subjects in a prepaid ..."

7. The Diseases of infancy and childhood by Henry Koplik (1918)
"pneumococcal Peritonitis.—pneumococcal peritonitis, as has been stated, may be primary, and as such occurs most frequently from the second to the twelfth ..."

8. Physiology and Pathology of the Cerebrospinal Fluid by William Boyd (1920)
"pneumococcal MENINGITIS Of the ordinary pyogenic organisms the pneumococcus is the commonest invader of the cerebral meninges, and pneu- mococcal meningitis ..."

9. The Opsonic Method of Treatment: A Short Compendium for General by Richard William Allen (1907)
"Coleman recorded before the Royal Academy of Medicine, Ireland, on March 2, 1906, a case of unresolved pneumonia treated by inoculation of pneumococcal ..."

10. Manual of Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals edited by Kim Waggie (1994)
"These methods, which use either an ELISA or latex-agglutination format, are designed to detect either pneumococcal antigens or antibodies produced by the ..."

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