noun
- plural form of pneumococcus; spherical bacteria that cause pneumonia and other infections
Usage: medical
Examples
- The laboratory identified pneumococci in the patient’s sputum sample.
- Pneumococci are responsible for many cases of bacterial pneumonia.
- The vaccine helps protect against several strains of pneumococci.
- Doctors prescribed antibiotics to fight the pneumococci infection.
- Pneumococci can also cause meningitis and ear infections.
- The microscope revealed clusters of pneumococci in the blood culture.