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staphylococcal |
staphylococcal enterotoxin |
staphylococcal enterotoxin b |
staphylococcal infection |
staphylococci |
staphylococcus
| staphyloma
| staphylomatous
| staphyloplasty
| staphyloraphy
| staphylorrhaphy
staphylococcus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun staphylococcus has 1 sense
- staphylococcus(n = noun.animal) staph, staphylococci - spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections; Array is a kind of cocci, coccus
is a member of genus staphylococcus
Derived form adjective staphylococcal1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
staphylococcus, n. (pl. staphylococci) any bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, occurring in grapelike clusters, and sometimes causing pus formation usu. in the skin and mucous membranes of animals.
Derivative
staphylococcal adj.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk staphule bunch of grapes + kokkos berry
THESAURUS
staphylococcus
adenovirus, aerobe, aerobic bacteria, amoeba, anaerobe, anaerobic bacteria, bacillus, bacteria, bacterium, bug, coccus, disease-producing microorganism, echovirus, enterovirus, filterable virus, fungus, germ, gram-negative bacteria, gram-positive bacteria, microbe, microorganism, mold, nonfilterable virus, pathogen, picornavirus, protozoa, protozoon, reovirus, rhinovirus, rickettsia, spirillum, spirochete, spore, streptococcus, trypanosome, vibrio, virus
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