Definition of Streptococcal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or caused by streptococci.

Exact synonyms: Strep, Streptococcic
Derivative terms: Strep, Streptococcus
Partainyms: Streptococcus, Streptococcus, Streptococcus

Definition of Streptococcal

1. Adjective. Referring to bacteria of the genus streptococcus. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Streptococcal

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Streptococcal

strep
strep throat
strepent
streperous
strepitous
streps
strepsipterous
strepsirrhine
strepsirrhines
streptavadin
streptavidin
strepto-
streptobacilli
streptobacillus
streptocarpus
streptococcal (current term)
streptococcal sore throat
streptococci
streptococcic
streptococcus
streptococcus tonsilitis
streptodornase
streptogramin
streptokinase
streptokinases
streptolysin
streptolysins
streptomyces
streptomycete
streptomycetes

Literary usage of Streptococcal

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

1. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"streptococcal FEVER AND ... In place of this unwieldy designation Dr. Daniel C. Darrow of our Clinic has suggested the term streptococcal fever. ..."

2. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"The response in experimental streptococcal mastitis to intramammary therapy with procaine penicillin G was compared with the response in staphylococcal ..."

3. The Common Bacterial Infections of the Digestive Tract and the Intoxications by Christian Archibald Herter (1907)
"streptococcal AND STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS The biological characters of the streptococcal and staphylococcal forms of bacteria met with in the human ..."

4. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"(d) streptococcal Puerperal Sepsis Puerperal fever is the most important form of streptococcal sepsis. It is most often due to the aerobic Streptococcus ..."

5. Physiology and Pathology of the Cerebrospinal Fluid by William Boyd (1920)
"streptococcal MENINGITIS Primary meningeal infection with the ... The pathologic findings in streptococcal meningitis are very similar to those in the ..."

6. The Clinical Diagnosis of Internal Diseases by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1916)
"(rf) streptococcal Puerperal Sepsis Puerperal fever is the most important form of streptococcal sepsis. It is most often due to the aerobic Streptococcus ..."

7. National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"Children with streptococcal respiratory infections shall be excluded from child ... streptococcal respiratory infections and scarlet fever have not been ..."

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