estreptococo
Portuguese
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