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STAPHYLOCOCCUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: staphylococci   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections

Synonyms:

staph; staphylococci; staphylococcus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("staphylococcus" is a kind of...):

cocci; coccus (any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria)

Holonyms ("staphylococcus" is a member of...):

genus Staphylococcus (includes many pathogenic species)

Derivation:

staphylococcal (of or relating to the staphylococcus bacteria)

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