noun
staphylococcus
Staphylococcus (noun) means a spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia, and other infections.
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A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia, and other infections.
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Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Staphylococcus. By surface analysis, staphylo- + -coccus.
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"staphylococcus" (noun) means a spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia, and other infections.