estreptococo

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.tɾe.pi.toˈkɔ.ku/, /es.tɾe.pi.toˈkɔ.ku/, /is.tɾep.toˈkɔ.ku/, /es.tɾep.toˈkɔ.ku/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.tɾe.pi.toˈkɔ.ku/, /eʃ.tɾe.pi.toˈkɔ.ku/, /iʃ.tɾep.toˈkɔ.ku/, /eʃ.tɾep.toˈkɔ.ku/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.tɾep.toˈkɔ.ko/, /es.tɾe.pi.toˈkɔ.ko/

  • Hyphenation: es‧trep‧to‧co‧co

Noun

estreptococo m (plural estreptococos)

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

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

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