How do you say staphylococcal?
What does Staphylococcus mean?
Staphylococcus: A group of bacteria that cause a multitude of diseases. Under a microscope, staphylococcus bacteria are round and bunched together. They can cause illness directly by infection or indirectly through products they make, such as the toxins responsible for food poisoning and toxic shock syndrome.
What does Staphylococcus mean in Latin?
Staphylococcus [staffʺə-lo kokʹəs]
aureus (from the Latin aurum, gold) and S. albus (Latin for white).