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Staphylococcus

//ˌstæfələˈkɔkəs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia, and other infections.

    "This Scottish bacteriologist accidentally discovered the antibiotic penicillin after bacteria-killing fungus formed on staphylococci cultures he had left unattended."

  2. 2
    spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections wordnet

Etymology

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

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