enterococcusn.

Brit.

/ˌɛntərə(ʊ)ˈkɒkəs/, U.S.

/ˌɛn(t)əroʊˈkɑkəs/

Inflections: Plural enterococci.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: entero- comb. form, coccus n.

Etymology: < entero- comb. form + coccus n., after French entérocoque (E. Thiercelin 1899, in Comptes rendus Soc. de Biol. 51 271).

Microbiology and Medicine.

Any of a group (now a genus) of bacteria of the streptococcus family ( Streptococcaceae) which are found in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates, and in insects and plants, usually behaving as commensals but capable of becoming opportunistic pathogens and causing infections of the urinary tract, heart, and other sites.

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1899 Med. Times (N.Y.) 27 216/1 M. Thiercelin has investigated a microbic saprophyte which is found in conjunction with the bacterium coli... Virulent for mice, less so for rabbits, not so for guinea pigs, it is allied to the meningococcus, and the author calls it an entero-coccus.

1901 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 14 Dec. 1641/2 The enterococcus should be considered as important a factor in pathology as the streptococcus and the pneumococcus.

1955 Sci. News Let. 19 Feb. 118/1 This strep., called an enterococcus, caused tooth decay in rats.

2012 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 July 65/2 We had a long quarrel about the properties of vancomycin-resistant enterococci.

Derivatives

ˌenteroˈcoccal adj. caused by enterococci; of, relating to, or of the nature of an enterococcus or enterococci.

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1907 Wisconsin Med. Jrnl. 5 10 An ‘enterococcal’ urethritis.

1989 Jrnl. Immunol. Methods 123 224/1 Previous work by immunoblotting human sera has identified key enterococcal antigens.

2007 Daily Tel. 2 Nov. 12/3 Figures for glycopeptide-resistant enterococcal (GRE) bacteria, which causes wound infections and blood poisoning, also show an increase in infection rates.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	enterococcus
释义	enterococcusn. Brit. /ˌɛntərə(ʊ)ˈkɒkəs/, U.S. /ˌɛn(t)əroʊˈkɑkəs/ Inflections: Plural enterococci. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: entero- comb. form, coccus n. Etymology: < entero- comb. form + coccus n., after French entérocoque (E. Thiercelin 1899, in Comptes rendus Soc. de Biol. 51 271). Microbiology and Medicine. Any of a group (now a genus) of bacteria of the streptococcus family ( Streptococcaceae) which are found in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates, and in insects and plants, usually behaving as commensals but capable of becoming opportunistic pathogens and causing infections of the urinary tract, heart, and other sites. ΚΠ 1899 Med. Times (N.Y.) 27 216/1 M. Thiercelin has investigated a microbic saprophyte which is found in conjunction with the bacterium coli... Virulent for mice, less so for rabbits, not so for guinea pigs, it is allied to the meningococcus, and the author calls it an entero-coccus. 1901 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 14 Dec. 1641/2 The enterococcus should be considered as important a factor in pathology as the streptococcus and the pneumococcus. 1955 Sci. News Let. 19 Feb. 118/1 This strep., called an enterococcus, caused tooth decay in rats. 2012 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 July 65/2 We had a long quarrel about the properties of vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Derivatives ˌenteroˈcoccal adj. caused by enterococci; of, relating to, or of the nature of an enterococcus or enterococci. ΚΠ 1907 Wisconsin Med. Jrnl. 5 10 An ‘enterococcal’ urethritis. 1989 Jrnl. Immunol. Methods 123 224/1 Previous work by immunoblotting human sera has identified key enterococcal antigens. 2007 Daily Tel. 2 Nov. 12/3 Figures for glycopeptide-resistant enterococcal (GRE) bacteria, which causes wound infections and blood poisoning, also show an increase in infection rates. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1899
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