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staphylococcemia

staphylococcemia noun: the presence of staphylococci in the blood.

Noun

staphylococcemia (usually uncountable, plural staphylococcemias)

  1. (usually) The presence of staphylococci in the blood
    • Moreover, IFN-γ is universally considered to improve the survival of staphylococcemia mice by activating marcrophages and neutrophils to kill bacteria [45 ].2015 August 29, “A Multiple Antigenic Peptide Mimicking Peptidoglycan Induced T Cell Responses to Protect Mice from Systemic Infection with Staphylococcus aureus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of staphylococcemia

pluralstaphylococcemias

Origin of staphylococcemia

From staphylococcus + -emia.

Questions about staphylococcemia

What does staphylococcemia mean?
Staphylococcemia means the presence of staphylococci in the blood.
What part of speech is staphylococcemia?
Staphylococcemia is a noun.
What is the plural of staphylococcemia?
The plural of staphylococcemia is staphylococcemias.

Words near staphylococcemia in the dictionary

  1. staphylobactin
  2. staphylocidal
  3. staphylocoagulase
  4. staphylococcal
  5. staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
  6. staphylococcemia
  7. staphylococcemias
  8. staphylococci
  9. staphylococcic
  10. staphylococcicidal
  11. staphylococcin

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