pneumococcousadj.
/ˌnjuːmə(ʊ)ˈkɒkəs/, U.S. /ˌn(j)umoʊˈkɑkəs/ rare.
= pneumococcal adj.
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vibrionic1850
vibrioid1864
micrococcal1881
gonococcal1888
pneumococcic1891
spirillar1891
pneumococcal1895
pneumococcous1897
streptococcal1897
streptococcic1897
paratyphoid1898
schizomycetic1898
amphitrichous1900
lophotrichous1900
staphylococcal1900
streptococcous1902
streptothricial1903
staphylococcic1904
rhizobial1906
meningococcal1907
meningococcic1907
clostridial1909
botulinum1910
coccoid1912
treponemal1913
Salmonella1916
leptospiral1924
neisserian1925
rickettsial1925
coccal1928
amphitrichate1929
botulinal1939
eubacterial1946
myxococcal1946
coryneform1952
neisserial1955
myxobacterial1957
listerial1961
listeric1961
cyanobacterial1974
1897 Lancet 30 Jan. 357/1 Dr. A. E. Garrod: Pneumococcous endocarditis of a two-cuspid aortic valve with malformation of the liver.
1973 Internat. Jrnl. Afr. Hist. Stud. 6 88 The premature death from pneumococcous meningitis of James Aggrey, fifty-two, could not fail to shock and sadden him.
1990 Infect. Immun. 58 2309 Capsular polysacharide (CP), pneumococcous type 12F.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1897