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Definition: Staphylococci |
StaphylococciNoun1. 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. |
Synonyms: StaphylococciSynonyms: staph (n), staphylococcus (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Staphylococci |
| English words defined with "staphylococci": Nafcil, nafcillin ♦ oxacillin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "staphylococci": allume di rocca ♦ Mupirocin ♦ Spiramycin, Staphylocoagulase, Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Normally occurring in the nasal passages, at times, staphylococci can get into the body and cause an infection, which can be minor such as pimples, boils, and other skin conditions, or serious and sometimes fatal such as blood infections or pneumonia. Credit: CDC. |
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| "Staphylococci" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Staphylococci" is used about 8 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) | 75% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (proper) | 12.5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (plural) | 12.5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
staphylococci | 18 |
coagulase negative staphylococci | 2 |
aureus staphylococci | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "staphylococci"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 葡萄球菌 (staph, staphylococcus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | malign ansigtsstafylokokkose (malignant disease of the face due to staphylococci). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | staphyloccoccal scalded-skin syndroom (malignant disease of the face due to staphylococci). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kasvojen pahanlaatuinen stafylokokki-infektio (malignant disease of the face due to staphylococci). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | staphylococcie maligne de la face (malignant disease of the face due to staphylococci). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | κακοήθης σταφυλοκοκκίαση του προσώπου (malignant disease of the face due to staphylococci). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | stafilococcia maligna del volto (malignant disease of the face due to staphylococci). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aphylococcistay стафиллококк (staphylococcus). (various references) estafilococia maligna facial (malignant disease of the face due to staphylococci). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "staphylococci": staphylococcic. (additional references) | |
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"Staphylococci" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: staphlococci. (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-i-l-o-o-p-s-t-y" | |
-3 letters: catholicos, sociopathy. | |
-4 letters: apostolic, catholics, chocolaty, cytosolic, holotypic, isophotal, psychical, psychotic, sociopath. | |
-5 letters: capitols, catholic, coalpits, copilots, copycats, hospital, oophytic, patchily, physical, picachos, piccolos, polycots, scotopia, scotopic, spiccato, splotchy. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-c-h-i-l-o-o-p-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: staphylococcic. | |
+5 letters: tachistoscopically. | |
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