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strep

[ strep ]

strep

/ strɛp /

noun

  1. informal.
    short for streptococcus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of strep1

First recorded in 1930–35; by shortening
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Example Sentences

When it will hit: 24 hours before you come down with strep throat.

UNDERWOOD: (to camera as he strides away) Fear is like mosquitos; hesitation like strep throat.

The clinical disease resulting from strep or any of the other organisms is more or less the same.

Strepera, strep′e-ra, n. an Australian genus of corvine passerine birds, the crow-shrikes.

Obstreperous, ob-strep′ėr-us, adj. making a loud noise: clamorous: noisy.

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