staphylococcus

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/ˌstæfɪləˈkɒkəs/ English

Definitions

noun

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

Related words

Synonyms

staph aureus mrsa mssa staphylophage golden staph streptococcus strepto ascococcus streptobacillus spherobacteria spherosporid staphyla macrococcus bacillus streptomycete

Associated

cocci enterococcus coccus pseudomonas vancomycin escherichia clostridium impetigo

Rhymes

raucous caucus glaucous coccus streptococcus floccus enterococcus genus coccus genus streptococcus kochis

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