staphylococcusn.

Brit.

/ˌstaf(ə)ləˈkɒkəs/,

/ˌstafl̩əˈkɒkəs/, U.S.

/ˌstæf(ə)loʊˈkɑkəs/

Inflections: Plural staphylococci Brit.

/ˌstaf(ə)ləˈkɒk(s)ʌɪ/,

/ˌstafl̩əˈkɒk(s)ʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˌstæf(ə)loʊˈkɑˌkaɪ/.

Etymology: modern Latin, < Greek σταϕυλή bunch of grapes + κόκκος berry.

Bacteriology.

A form of pus-producing bacteria composed of cocci grouped in irregular masses.

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vibrio1850

micrococcus1870

microzyme1870

Spirillum1875

mycothrix1876

leptothrix1877

Spirochaete1877

streptococcus1877

Actinomyces1879

frogspawn1880

schizophyte1880

schizomycetes1881

gonococcus1882

saprophile1882

vibrion1882

coccus1883

diplococcus1883

streptobacteria1883

Clostridium1884

actinomycetes1885

pneumococcus1885

macrococcus1887

staphylococcus1887

iron bacterium1888

Proteus1888

ferrobacterium1890

meningococcus1890

rhizobium1890

sulphobacteria1890

nitrobacterium1891

Streptothrix1891

sulphur bacterium1891

myxobacter1892

Myxococcus1892

tetracoccus1893

coli1894

Pasteurella1895

pyrotoxin1895

Gaertner1897

purple bacterium1897

myxobacterium1898

pseudomonas1899

thiobacteria1900

treponema1908

corynebacterium1909

mycobacterium1909

Salmonella1913

Neisseria1915

botulinum1916

rickettsia1916

leptospira1918

acetobacter1920

Brucella1920

pseudomonad1921

strep1927

enterobacterium1929

opportunist1937

eubacterium1939

agrobacterium1942

persister1944

Moraxella1948

enteric1956

streptomycete1956

leptospire1957

transformant1957

lysogen1958

listeria1961

C. difficile1962

yersinia1967

Campylobacter1971

cyanobacterium1973

coryneform1976

eubacterium1977

legionella1979

acetogen1982

C. diff.1990

acidophilous1996

1887 H. E. F. Garnsey tr. H. A. de Bary Lect. Bacteria 168 In the others the cells separate from the rows after division, and form aggregations which Ogston has compared with a bunch of grapes, and he has expressed the resemblance by the name Staphylococcus.

1895 Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 513 Organisms, such as..staphylococci.

1897 Trans. Amer. Pediatric Soc. 9 191 A bacteriological examination..showed the staphylococcus in pure culture.

attributive.1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 575 It is usually distinguishable from staphylococcus pus.1901 W. Osler Princ. & Pract. Med. (ed. 4) 162 The common streptococcus and staphylococcus infection is as a rule first local.

Derivatives

staphylococcal adj.

/ˌstaf(ə)ləˈkɒkəl/

/ˌstafl̩əˈkɒkəl/ pertaining to or produced by staphylococcus.

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the world > life > biology > organism > micro-organism > bacterium > [adjective] > types of

vibrionic1850

vibrioid1864

micrococcal1881

gonococcal1888

pneumococcic1891

spirillar1891

pneumococcal1895

pneumococcous1897

streptococcal1897

streptococcic1897

paratyphoid1898

schizomycetic1898

amphitrichous1900

lophotrichous1900

staphylococcal1900

streptococcous1902

streptothricial1903

staphylococcic1904

rhizobial1906

meningococcal1907

meningococcic1907

clostridial1909

botulinum1910

coccoid1912

treponemal1913

Salmonella1916

leptospiral1924

neisserian1925

rickettsial1925

coccal1928

amphitrichate1929

botulinal1939

eubacterial1946

myxococcal1946

coryneform1952

neisserial1955

myxobacterial1957

listerial1961

listeric1961

cyanobacterial1974

1900 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 May 72 Injections of staphylococcal toxins.

staphylococcic adj.

/ˌstaf(ə)ləˈkɒksɪk/

/ˌstafl̩əˈkɒksɪk/ = staphylococcal adj.

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