estreptococo

Portuguese

Noun

estreptococo m (plural estreptococos)

1. streptococcus (a spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptococcus)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Scientific Latin streptococcus, from Ancient Greek στρεπτός (streptós) and κόκκος (kókkos).

Noun

estreptococo m (plural estreptococos)

1. streptococcus (a spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptococcus)

   Hypernym: bacteria

   Hyponym: neumococo

Derived terms

• estreptocócico

Further reading

• “estreptococo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014