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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Pneumococcus

· Pneu·mo·coc·cus · IPA
01 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.
  1. 1.
    A form of micrococcus found in the sputum (and elsewhere) of persons suffering with pneumonia, and thought to be the cause of this disease.(Biol.)