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Meaning of Staphylococcus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
ˌstæfələˈkɔkəs

Definitions

A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia, and other infections.

Equivalents

العربية بكتيريا
Català estafilococ
Ελληνικά σταφυλόκοκκος
Español estafilococo
فارسی استافیلوکوک
Suomi stafylokokki
Français staphylocoque
Italiano stafilococco
日本語 葡萄球菌
한국어 포도상구균
Polski gronkowiec
Português estafilococo
Română stafilococ
Русский стафилококк
Svenska stafylokock
Türkçe stafilokok
Tiếng Việt bồ đào cầu khuẩn tụ cầu khuẩn

Examples

“This Scottish bacteriologist accidentally discovered the antibiotic penicillin after bacteria-killing fungus formed on staphylococci cultures he had left unattended.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

staphyloferrin staphylokinase staphylolysin staphyloma staphyloncus staphylophage

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