staphylococci

English Thesaurus

1. spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	cocci, coccus,
definition	:	any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus staphylococcus,
definition	:	includes many pathogenic species (noun.animal)

derivation	:	staphylococcal,
definition	:	of or relating to the staphylococcus bacteria (adj.pert)

derivation	:	staphylococcal,
definition	:	of or relating to the staphylococcus bacteria (adj.pert)