diplococcus

American  

[dip-luh-kok-uhs] / ˌdɪp ləˈkɒk əs /

noun

Bacteriology.

plural

diplococci

1. any of several spherical bacteria occurring in pairs, as Diplococcus pneumoniae.

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diplococcus British  

/ ˌdɪpləʊˈkɒksɪk, -ˈkɒkɪk, ˌdɪpləʊˈkɒkəs /

noun

1. any of various spherical Gram-positive bacteria that occur in pairs, esp any of the genus Diplococcus, such as D. pneumoniae, which causes pneumonia: family Lactobacillaceae

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Other Word Forms

• diplococcal adjective
• diplococcic adjective

Etymology

Origin of diplococcus

From New Latin, dating back to 1886; see origin at diplo-, coccus

Example Sentences

For instance, not a few healthy noses and throats contain the bacillus of diphtheria and the diplococcus of pneumonia.

From Preventable Diseases by Hutchinson, Woods

The absence of the diplococcus intracellularis helps to differentiate the disease from cerebro-spinal meningitis, which it may closely simulate.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

Organisms also are present, such as the diplococcus intracellularis in acute cerebro-spinal meningitis; staphylococci, streptococci, and pneumococci, particularly in the intra-cranial complications of middle ear disease.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

The diplococcus merely produces acidification and coagulation of the milk.

From The Bacillus of Long Life a manual of the preparation and souring of milk for dietary purposes, together with and historical account of the use of fermente by Douglas, Loudon

Piorkowski71 subjected Bulgarian maya to examination and associated himself with Metchnikoff72 in finding three species, a streptococcus, a diplococcus, and a specific organism to which he gave the name Yoghourt bacillus.

From The Bacillus of Long Life a manual of the preparation and souring of milk for dietary purposes, together with and historical account of the use of fermente by Douglas, Loudon