Term: pneumococcus: bacterium causing pneumonia in mice and humans
Broader: diplococcus: Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs | Unrelated: prostate gland: a firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the neck of the urethra; produces a viscid secretion that is the fluid part of semen
Broader: diplococcus: Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs | Unrelated: mountain four o'clock: leafy wildflower with lavender-pink flowers that open in the evening and remain through cool part of the next day; found in open woods or brush in mountains of southern Colorado to Arizona and into Mexico
Broader: diplococcus: Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs | Unrelated: lesser celandine: perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles
Broader: diplococcus: Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs | Unrelated: monera: prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions
Broader: diplococcus: Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs | Unrelated: drepanis: a genus of Drepanididae
Broader: diplococcus: Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs | Unrelated: martyr: one who suffers for the sake of principle
Broader: diplococcus: Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs | Unrelated: carouse: revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
Broader: diplococcus: Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs | Unrelated: hook: a catch for locking a door
Broader: diplococcus: Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs | Unrelated: secondary modern school: a former British secondary school emphasizing practical rather than academic education
Broader: diplococcus: Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs | Unrelated: staff sergeant: a noncommissioned officer ranking above corporal and below sergeant first class in the Army or Marines or above airman 1st class in the Air Force