See Also: staphylococcus(encyclopedia)
staphylococcus(dictionary)
Staphylococcus(health)
staphylococcus(medicine)
staphylococcus vaccine(medicine)
staphylococcus phages(medicine)
staphylococcus epidermidis(medicine)
staphylococcus antitoxin(medicine)
Staphylococcus simulans(medicine)
Staphylococcus saprophyticus(medicine)

staphylococcus (iou)



staphylococcus noun. . L19.
[mod. Latin (see below), from Greek staphule bunch of grapes + kokkos berry.]
Bacteriology. A bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, members of which typically occur in grapelike clusters and include many pathogenic bacteria which cause pus formation usu. in the skin and mucous membranes.
staphylococcal,
staphylococcic adjectives of, pertaining to, or produced by a staphylococcus E20.