staphylococcus | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Noun staphylococcus has 1 sense

staphylococcus, staphylococci, staph - spherical gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections
--₁ is a kind of coccus, cocci
--₁ is a member of genus Staphylococcus