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Webster 1913 Edition

Streptococcus

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Strepˊto-coc′cus

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Noun.

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pl.

Streptococci

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[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] pliant, curved + [GREEK] a grain, seed.]

(Biol.)

A long or short chain of micrococci, more or less curved.