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staphylococcic

  • a word derived from staphylococcus.
    staphylococcus
    noun
    any of several spherical bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus, occurring in pairs, tetrads, and irregular clusters, certain species of which, as S. aureus, can be pathogenic for humans.

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It is a powerful weapon against pneumonia, staphylococcic infections and a great range of streptococcic infections.

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The New York Journal-American, which begged enough penicillin to save her life from staphylococcic septicemia, last week won the Pulitzer Prize for the story.

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In 1933 Dr. Virgil Kinney Hancock, noted Seattle obstetrician, began to try irradiation on hopeless streptococcic and staphylococcic bloodstream infections, with great success.

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The New York Journal-American, which begged enough penicillin from Dr. Keefer to save her life from staphylococcic septicemia, last week won the Pulitzer Prize for the story.

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If the form of sepsis is not determinable, streptococcic or staphylococcic vaccines might be administered.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne

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