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staphylococcuses

staphylococcuses 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 staphylococcuses

What is staphylococcuses the plural of?
Staphylococcuses is the plural of staphylococcus.

Words near staphylococcuses in the dictionary

  1. staphylococcin
  2. staphylococcins
  3. staphylococcoses
  4. staphylococcosis
  5. staphylococcus
  6. staphylococcuses
  7. staphyloferrin
  8. staphyloferrins
  9. staphylokinase
  10. staphylokinases
  11. staphylolysin

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