Staphylococcus

//ˌstæfələˈkɔkəs//

Synonyms for "staphylococcus" (43 found)

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Translations

18 translations across 18 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries
  • estafilococ noun (bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 葡萄球菌 noun (bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus)

Finnish

1 entries
  • stafylokokki noun (bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus)

French

1 entries
  • staphylocoque noun (bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus)

Galician

1 entries
  • estafilococo noun (bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus)

Greek

1 entries
  • σταφυλόκοκκος noun (bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus)

Italian

1 entries
  • stafilococco noun (bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 葡萄球菌 noun (bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus)

Korean

1 entries
  • 포도상구균 noun (bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus)

Persian

1 entries
  • استافیلوکوک noun (bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus)

Polish

1 entries
  • gronkowiec noun (bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • estafilococo noun (bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus)

Romanian

1 entries
  • stafilococ noun (bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus)

Russian

1 entries
  • стафилоко́кк noun (bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus)

Spanish

1 entries
  • estafilococo noun (bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus)

Swedish

1 entries
  • stafylokock noun (bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • estapilokoko noun (bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus)

Turkish

1 entries
  • stafilokok noun (bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus)

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Drug-resistant superbugs, which can live on flat surfaces, are the most serious worry. Often-lethal microbes like MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, do not respond to standard antibiotics, making it very hard to treat patients who become infected with them.

Source: tatoeba (12257484)

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

Source: wiktionary

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