Staphylococcus

/ˌstæfələˈkɔkəs/

Synonyms for "staphylococcus" (49 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Strong matches (15)

bugcoccusdisease-producing microorganismechovirusenterovirusfilterable virusfungusgermgram-negative bacteriagram-positive bacteriamicrobemicroorganismmoldmouldmoulder

Related words (24)

Noun(8 words)
pathogenic staphylococcusstaphstaphylococcistaphylococci genusstaphylococcus bacteriumstaphylococcus cellstaphylococcus genusstaphylococcus pathogen

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Staphylococcus aureusStaphylococcus epidermidisStaphylococcus saprophyticus

Collocations

6 entries
Staphylococcus aureusStaphylococcus epidermidiscoagulase negative staphylococcigram positive coccinasal carriageskin colonization

Inflections

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Derivations

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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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