pneumococcal

1. 1.

   of or derived from or caused by bacteria of the genus pneumococcus

Questions about pneumococcal

What does pneumococcal mean?

pneumococcal means "of or derived from or caused by bacteria of the genus pneumococcus".

How many syllables are in pneumococcal?

pneumococcal has 5 syllables and divides as pne-u-mo-coc-cal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is pneumococcal a common word?

pneumococcal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.