pneumococ

From pneumo- +‎ coc.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [nəw.muˈkɔk]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [nəw.moˈkɔk]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [new.moˈkɔk]
• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Hyphenation: pneu‧mo‧coc

pneumococ m (plural pneumococs)

1. (bacteriology) pneumococcus

   Hypernyms: estreptococ, diplococ

• “pneumococ” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pneumococ”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from French pneumocoque. By surface analysis, pneumo- +‎ -coc.

pneumococ m (plural pneumococi)

1. pneumococcus