strep
pronunciation
How to pronounce strep in British English:
UK [strep]
How to pronounce strep in American English:
US [strep]
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- Noun:
- spherical gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or caused by streptococci
Word Origin
- strep
- 1927, in strep throat, short for streptococcus.
Example
- 1. Strep throat is a throat infection caused by strep bacteria .
- 2. It 's not uncommon after a bout of strep .
- 3. If strep is suspected , the guidelines recommend physicians use the rapid antigen detection test , which provides results in a few minutes .
- 4. Those cells , dr. mignot explained , are probably killed by autoimmune reactions that stem from winter infections like flu and strep throat .
- 5. Whatever the case two years later duane smith was on a beach vacation when he picked up an ordinary strep infection . Because he hadn 't had those vaccines the infection spread rapidly throughout his body .