Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun streptococcus

1 sense of streptococcus

Sense 1
streptococcus, streptococci, strep -- (spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis)
       => eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria -- (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)