"staphylococcus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌstæfələˈkɔkəs/, /ˌstæfɪləˈkɒkəs/ Forms: staphylococci [plural]
Etymology: New Latin, from staphylo- + -coccus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|NL.|-}} New Latin, {{af|en|staphylo-|-coccus}} staphylo- + -coccus Head templates: {{en-noun|staphylococci}} staphylococcus (plural staphylococci)
  1. A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia, and other infections. Categories (lifeform): Bacteria Derived forms: staph, staphylococcal, staphylococcin Related terms: coccus Translations (bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus): estafilococ [masculine] (Catalan), 葡萄球菌 (pútao qiújūn) (Chinese Mandarin), stafylokokki (Finnish), staphylocoque [masculine] (French), estafilococo [masculine] (Galician), stafilococco [masculine] (Italian), 葡萄球菌 (budōkyūkin) (alt: ぶどうきゅうきん) (Japanese), 포도상구균 (podosanggugyun) (alt: 葡萄狀球菌) (Korean), استافیلوکوک (estâfilokok) (Persian), gronkowiec [masculine] (Polish), estafilococo [masculine] (Portuguese), stafilococ (Romanian), стафилоко́кк (stafilokókk) [masculine] (Russian), estafilococo [masculine] (Spanish), stafylokock [common-gender] (Swedish), estapilokoko (Tagalog), stafilokok (Turkish)

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