Enterococcus
noun
noun ·5 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of a group of streptococci bacteria, of the genus Enterococcus, that inhabit the human gastrointestinal tract and have great resistance to antibiotics
Example
More examples"Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, modified vancomycin, invented 60 years ago and considered a last-resort treatment against many of these infections. They made a key change to its molecular structure, interfering with how the bacterium, enterococcus, makes protective cell walls."
Etymology
From entero- + -coccus.
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