Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun staphylococcus

1 sense of staphylococcus

Sense 1
staphylococcus, staphylococci, staph -- (spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections)
       => coccus, cocci -- (any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria)