| NOUN | animal | staph, staphylococcus, staphylococci | spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies |
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| Sounds | stae'f | |
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| Rhymes | allograph ... telegraph: 34 rhymes with aef... | |
| Meaning | Spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections. | |
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| Synonyms | staphylococcus, staphylococci | |
| Member of | genus Staphylococcus | Includes many pathogenic species |
| Broader | coccus, cocci | Any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria |
| Spanish | estafilococo, staphylococcus | |
| Catalan | estafilococ | |
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