staphylococcus

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections

Borrowed from translingual Staphylococcus. By surface analysis, staphylo- + -coccus.

Her dentist at once found “Staphylococcus aureus present in pure culture” (which might cause boils, of course), and wanted to take out all the teeth he had and supply him with two complete sets of unnatural symptoms. — The Forsyte Saga - Complete, John Galsworthy

staphylococci, staph

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