strep
4
5.4
- adjective
- /strɛp/
:
estreptocócico
- I think I'm getting strep throat.
- strep throat
- get strep
- strep infection
And when we were in college together, I got the worst case of strep throat.
- And when we were in college together, I got the worst case of strep throat.
- I, we, I had a comment from one of our listeners that I, that I loved, which said I've lived in the USA, so I know all about strep throat.
Examples
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You could have strep throat and spread it around for days before you start feeling sick, but after you've been on antibiotics for 24 hours, you're perfectly safe to be around.
Blog text (27) -
If the strep throat tests show a negative result, then it rules out strep throat.
Blog text (10) -
I think I got strep throat.
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I got strep throat... and not just any case of strep throat, the worst I had ever had in my life!
Blog text (30) -
It turns out to be strep throat.
Fiction book (1998) -
The doctor will have more reasons to order strep throat tests when the patient is a child or when the patient has been in close contact with another person who has strep throat.
Blog text (10) -
Teddy has strep throat and Trina has an ear infection.
Fiction book (1999) -
God knows Mom is an expert in infectious disease, given how many times I caught a cold, strep throat, or the flu as I grew up.
Blog text (28) -
Therefore, when a clinician evaluates a patient with an acute sore throat, the most important clinical task is to decide whether the patient has "strep throat."
Academic text (2010) -
When a doctor suspects an infection, they often test for strep throat to determine the cause of the sore throat.
Synonyms
1
8.1
An infection caused by a common type of bacteria
Related to or caused by round bacteria that can make people ill
Compounds
8
3.0
An infection in the throat caused by bacteria, often with fever and swollen tonsils
- Jargon
A short informal name for a germ that often causes sore throats and skin infections
Surface Forms
Etymology
Strep comes from the first part of streptococcus, which uses the Greek roots streptos 'twisted' and kokkos 'berry'; picture a string of small round 'berries' twisted together. So a strep infection is one caused by that kind of chain-like bacteria.