Streptococcus in a sentence as a noun

You would have an easier time squinting and seeing the streptococcus on your teeth in the mirror than you would see the comet.

It is an indicator in the same way that fatigue and a rash around your joints are indicators that you have strep throat, but the evidence would be the presence of some strain of streptococcus in your blood.

Streptococcus definitions

noun

spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis

See also: streptococci strep