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Definition of Pneumococcus

1. Noun. Bacterium causing pneumonia in mice and humans.

Definition of Pneumococcus

1. n. A form of micrococcus found in the sputum (and elsewhere) of persons suffering with pneumonia, and thought to be the cause of this disease.

Definition of Pneumococcus

1. Noun. A gram-positive bacterium, ''Streptococcus pneumoniae'', that causes pneumonia and other infectious diseases ¹

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Definition of Pneumococcus

1. [n -COCCI]

Medical Definition of Pneumococcus

1. A genus of bacteria that is typified by gram-positive staining and a coccal shape (round) that are usually observed microscopically in pairs. A common cause of pneumonia. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pneumococcus

Literary usage of Pneumococcus

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

1. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"10.25 am Intratracheal injection of 0.001 cc. of 18 hour broth culture of pneumococcus Type I (in 1 cc. of broth). 4 pm Appears well. ..."

2. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1921)
"... several years gave the following findings: MICRO-ORGANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH LOBAR PNEUMONIA NUMBER OF CASES. pneumococcus 754 Streptococcus pyogenes 7 H. ..."

3. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1914)
"It is also known, after its discoverer, as Frankel's pneumococcus. In considering the relations of this organism to the production of pneumonia, ..."

4. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"In human pneumococcus infections, primarily local, the cocci may go over into the blood and multiply there. If only a few reach the blood, and there be no ..."

5. Journal of the American Medical Association by American Medical Association (1890)
"In the culture of the pneumococcus we simulate the conditions that are present in the buccal cavity. There the ptomaine, as fast as formed, is removed, ..."

6. Diagnostic Methods, Chemical, Bacteriological and Microscopical: A Text-book by Ralph Waldo Webster (1920)
"Transition forms from the pneumococcus to the streptococcus and vice versa are observed under certain cultural conditions, so that it is often a more than ..."

7. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"10.25 am Intratracheal injection of 0.001 cc. of 18 hour broth culture of pneumococcus Type I (in 1 cc. of broth). 4 pm Appears well. ..."

8. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1921)
"... several years gave the following findings: MICRO-ORGANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH LOBAR PNEUMONIA NUMBER OF CASES. pneumococcus 754 Streptococcus pyogenes 7 H. ..."

9. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1914)
"It is also known, after its discoverer, as Frankel's pneumococcus. In considering the relations of this organism to the production of pneumonia, ..."

10. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"In human pneumococcus infections, primarily local, the cocci may go over into the blood and multiply there. If only a few reach the blood, and there be no ..."

11. Journal of the American Medical Association by American Medical Association (1890)
"In the culture of the pneumococcus we simulate the conditions that are present in the buccal cavity. There the ptomaine, as fast as formed, is removed, ..."

12. Diagnostic Methods, Chemical, Bacteriological and Microscopical: A Text-book by Ralph Waldo Webster (1920)
"Transition forms from the pneumococcus to the streptococcus and vice versa are observed under certain cultural conditions, so that it is often a more than ..."

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