staphylococcic
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a word derived from
staphylococcus.
staphylococcusnounany 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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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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I was attracted to an article about the use of sulfamethylthiazole as a new cure for staphylococcic diseases.
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It is a powerful weapon against pneumonia, staphylococcic infections and a great range of streptococcic infections.
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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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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