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Staphylococcal

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Adjective

1. staphylococcal

of or relating to the staphylococcus bacteria

Example Sentences:
'a staphylococcal infection'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Staphylococcal

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noun plural -cocci (-ˈkɒkaɪ, US English -ˈkɒksaɪ)
any spherical Gram-positive bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, typically occurring in clusters and including many pathogenic species, causing boils, infection in wounds, and septicaemia: family Micrococcaceae
. Often shortened to: staph

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Staphylococcal

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nounWord forms: plural ˌstaphyloˈcocˌci (ˌstæfəloʊˈkɑkˌsaɪ ; stafˌəlōkäkˈsīˌ)
any of a genus (Staphylococcus) of spherical, Gram-positive bacteria that generally occur in irregular clusters or short chains: the pathogenic species (esp. S. aureus) are the cause of pus formation in boils, abscesses, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Staphylococcal

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n. pl. staph·y·lo·coc·ci (-kŏksī, -kŏkī)
Any of various spherical gram-positive parasitic bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus that usually occur in grapelike clusters and commonly cause skin infections such as cellulitis and impetigo and other infectious conditions and diseases.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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