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Where does “staphylococcemia” come from?

staphylococcemia (English) comes from English Staphylococcus, from Translingual Staphylococcus, from English coccus, from Latin coccum, from Ancient Greek κόκκος — grain, seed, kernel; The kermes oak; insects of...

staphylococcemia (English): The presence of staphylococci in the blood

Definitions

  1. The presence of staphylococci in the blood

Ancestry of “staphylococcemia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishStaphylococcus—
2TranslingualStaphylococcus—
3EnglishcoccusAny approximately spherical bacterium; One of the...
4Latincoccuma scarlet berry of various plants; a gall of...
5Ancient Greekκόκκοςgrain, seed, kernel; The kermes oak; insects of...
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