| 单词 | strep |
| 释义 | strep (once / 59997 pages) nadj Strep is a bacterium that can make you sick. If your throat is really sore and you're feeling feverish, you just might have strep throat — a condition caused by the strep bacterium. Strep is short for streptococcus, and because it's a bacterium, it can usually be treated with antibiotics. As a noun, the word refers to the microorganism itself, and when strep is an adjective, it describes conditions that are caused by the bacteria, like strep throat or strep pneumonia. An Austrian doctor coined the word streptococcus in the 1870s, from strepto-, "twisted" in Latin, and cocco-, "seed." WORD FAMILYstrep: streps USAGE EXAMPLESThree years ago Alex Lewis was diagnosed with a Strep A infection which developed into blood poisoning. BBC(Dec 22, 2016) Even something as simple as getting medicine recently for her son’s strep throat was not simple. New York Times(Nov 20, 2016) In this year’s primaries, she likened the race between Ted Cruz and Donald Trump to a “choice between strep throat and leukemia.” The New Yorker(Oct 19, 2016) 1n spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis Syn|Hyper streptococci, streptococcus eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella 2adj of or relating to or caused by streptococci Syn streptococcal, streptococcic |
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