streptococci

Questions about streptococci

What does streptococci mean?

streptococci means "spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis".

How many syllables are in streptococci?

streptococci has 4 syllables and divides as strep-to-coc-ci 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.

What is another word for streptococci?

Close synonyms include streptococcus, strep. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is streptococci a common word?

streptococci 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.