English Explanatory Dictionary

staphylo-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Pertaining to a microorganism cluster with a grape-like arrangement.
  2. Pertaining to the uvula.

Word forms

staphylo- staphyl-

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σταφυλή (staphulḗ, “bunch of grapes”). By surface analysis, staphyl- + -o-.

Related words

botryoid grapelike
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