strep
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4.2
- noun
- /strɛp/
- Specialized
:
estreptococo
- There are white bumps in the back of your throat if you have strep.
- strep throat
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- Thus the strep bacteria in young children causes severe can cause severe OCD when the body has this strange response to it.
Examples
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A physician can test for strep by performing a throat swab culture.
Blog text (22) -
As it turns out, I was a carrier for strep throughout my childhood.
Blog text (18) -
"Hopefully this will keep the strep from coming back," June says.
Fiction book (1998) -
So is there a lot of strep A infection at the moment?
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Dead on his feet with 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) -
Do you have strep throat, or some flu you're taking antibiotics for?
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Julie no longer trusts the iris and goes there only for routine health problems, such as the flu or strep throat.
Academic text (2000) -
Our hearts, our hearts go out to the families of the children who've tragically died from the outbreak of Strep A in recent weeks.
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A throat swab is often necessary to confirm a strep infection.
Synonyms
1
8.6
Bacteria that cause illnesses like sore throat or scarlet fever
1
5.1
A group of round bacteria that often form chains and cause infections like strep throat
A short informal name for a germ that often causes sore throats and skin infections
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 name streptococcus, built from Greek streptos 'twisted' and kokkos 'berry' because the bacteria look like round 'berries' joined in a twisted chain. That is why strep refers to this type of round bacteria.