Strep

//stɹɛp// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Ellipsis of strep throat. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable

    "Sore throat is the telltale sign. About one in 10 adults with a sore throat has strep, according to the C.D.C."

  2. 2
    Clipping of streptocarpus. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal

    "I also have a WWW page with pictures if interested: […] look under the Convention '95 page, there are several streptos. Also look under "Take a bite of the strang stuff" for a view of a^([sic]) unifoliate strep."

  3. 3
    spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis wordnet
  4. 4
    A streptococcus. countable, informal, uncountable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or caused by streptococci wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
streptostreptococcalstreptococcalstreptococcistreptococcicstreptococcus

Example

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"Sore throat is the telltale sign. About one in 10 adults with a sore throat has strep, according to the C.D.C."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of streptococcus.

Etymology 2

Clipping of streptocarpus.

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