streptococcus的词源

英文词源

streptococcus (n.)

bacteria genus, 1877, Modern Latin, coined by Viennese surgeon Albert Theodor Billroth (1829-1894) from strepto- "twisted" + Modern Latin coccus "spherical bacterium," from Greek kokkos "berry" (see cocco-). So called because the bacteria usually form chains.

中文词源

streptococcus：链球菌

strepto-,成链的，-coccus,球形细菌，来自希腊语 kokkos,浆果，词源同 coccus,cocoon.因这种 细菌常呈链形成得名。

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