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Definition: Staphylococcus |
StaphylococcusNoun1. Spherical gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "staphylococcus" was first used: 1887. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A genus of gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, coccoid bacteria. Its organisms occur singly, in pairs, and in tetrads and characteristically divide in more than one plane to form irregular clusters. Natural populations of Staphylococcus are membranes of warm-blooded animals. Some species are opportunistic pathogens of humans and animals. (references) |
Medicine | A bacterial genus in the family Micrococcaceae. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: StaphylococcusSynonyms: staph (n), staphylococci (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Staphylococcus |
| English words defined with "staphylococcus": staphylococcal, staphylococcal infection ♦ toxic shock, toxic shock syndrome, TSS. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "staphylococcus": Arthritis, Infectious ♦ Exfoliatins, Eye Infections, Bacterial ♦ Lysostaphin ♦ Maxillary Sinusitis ♦ Pneumonia, Staphylococcal ♦ Staphylococcal Infections, Staphylococcal Skin Infections, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus Phages. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Scanning electron micrograph of Staphylococcus aureus. Credit: CDC. |  | Blood agar plate culture showing Haemophilus influenzae satelliting around Staphylococcus aureus. Credit: CDC. |
 | Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive diplococcal organism, usually affecting the debilitated, elderly or the immunocompromised individual, and is often responsible for nosocomial infections acquired during lengthy hospital stays. Credit: CDC. |  | The toxin produced by Staphylococcus aureus causes the illness "staphylococcal intoxication". Symptoms of this intoxication include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Credit: CDC. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium. (references) | |
Most of the infections in Hyper-IgE are caused by Staphylococcus aureus. (references) | ||
Treatment consists of lifelong antibiotics to combat staphylococcus infections. (references) | ||
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| "Staphylococcus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Staphylococcus" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "staphylococcus": genus Staphylococcus ♦ Staphylococcus aureus ♦ Staphylococcus epidermidis ♦ Staphylococcus Phages. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "staphylococcus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | стафилокок (staph). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 葡萄球菌 (staph, staphylococci). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stafylokok. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Staphylococcus, staphylococ, stafylokok. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | stafylokokki. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | staphylocoque. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Staphylokokken, Staphylococcus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χρυσίζων σταφυλόκοκκος (staphylococcus aureus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Staphylococcus, stafilococco. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 葡萄状球菌 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぶどうじょうきゅうき". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aphylococcusstay estafilococo. (various references) stafilococ. (various references) стафиллококк (staphylococci). (various references) estafilococo. (various references) stafylokock. (various references) stafilokok. (various references) стафілокок. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | kokkos, staphyle. (various references) |
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Misspellings | |
"Staphylococcus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: staphilococus, staphylococus, stephylococcus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-c-h-l-o-o-p-s-s-t-u-y" | |
-4 letters: holocausts, hypocausts. | |
-5 letters: chocolaty, holocaust, hypocaust, patchouly, succotash. | |
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