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Staphylococci

noun
1.
Spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections.  Synonyms: staph, staphylococcus.





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... that acute endocarditis is due to micro-organisms, generally streptococci, staphylococci or pneumococci, and, more frequently than once believed, gonococci. The most frequent causes are acute rheumatic fever, diphtheria, pneumonia, cerebrospinal meningitis, scarlet fever, erysipelas, influenza, chorea, gonorrhea, sepsis and typhoid ...
— DISTURBANCES OF THE HEART • OLIVER T. OSBORNE, A.M., M.D.


Words linked to "Staphylococci" :   coccus, genus Staphylococcus, cocci


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