Etymology

staphylococcus

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Today it means: A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia, and other infections. Full definition →

translingual Staphylococcus
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  1. translingual · borrowed fromStaphylococcus
  2. English todaystaphylococcus

Borrowed from translingual Staphylococcus. By surface analysis, staphylo- + -coccus.

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