الواصلة
strep·to·coc·cusالتركية النطق
streptıkôkısالنطق
/ˌstreptəˈkôkəs/ /ˌstrɛptəˈkɔːkəs/
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[ -'kä-k&s ] (noun.) 1877. Morphologically a compound of strepto- + -coccus
. They grow in chains or pairs, thus the name — from Ancient Greek στρεπτός (streptos, “twisted, pliant”), like a chain.