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Webster 1913 Edition

Pneumococcus

Pneuˊmo-coc′cus

,
Noun.
[See
Pneumo-
, and
Coccus
.]
(Biol.)
A form of micrococcus found in the sputum (and elsewhere) of persons suffering with pneumonia, and thought to be the cause of this disease.

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