staphylococcus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia, and other infections.

/ˌstæfələˈkɔkəs/ /ˌstæfɪləˈkɒkəs/

staphylococcus staphylococci

Borrowed from translingual Staphylococcus. By surface analysis, staphylo- + -coccus.

coccus

staph staphylococcal staphylococcemia staphylococcic staphylococcin

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