estreptococo

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/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɾɨ.ptuˈkɔ.ku/

Hyphenation: es‧trep‧to‧co‧co

Noun

estreptococo m (plural estreptococos)

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)

streptococcus (a spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptococcus)
Hypernym: bacteria

Hyponym: neumococo

Derived terms

estreptocócico

Further reading

“estreptococo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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