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staphylococci

US/ˌstæfələˈkɔki/

staphylococci is the plural of staphylococcus.

Meaning of staphylococcus

Noun

staphylococcus (plural staphylococci)

  1. A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia, and other infections.
    • This Scottish bacteriologist accidentally discovered the antibiotic penicillin after bacteria-killing fungus formed on staphylococci cultures he had left unattended.2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 127

Questions about staphylococci

What is staphylococci the plural of?
Staphylococci is the plural of staphylococcus.
How do you pronounce staphylococci?
Staphylococci is pronounced /ˌstæfələˈkɔki/ (US).

Words near staphylococci in the dictionary

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

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