staphylococcal

adjective

staph·​y·​lo·​coc·​cal ˌsta-f(ə-)lō-ˈkä-kəl 

variants or less commonly staphylococcic

ˌsta-f(ə-)lō-ˈkä-kik  -ˈkäk-sik 

: of, relating to, caused by, or being a staphylococcus

Examples of staphylococcal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Investigators at the Rockefeller University, for example, have purified an enzyme from a virus that kills bacteria found in patients who are struggling against methicillin-resistant staphylococcal infection. —David Pride, Scientific American, 7 Dec. 2020

Pinnacle Foods' ready-to-eat dried, sliced beef by Armour Star may have been tainted by staphylococcal enterotoxin and clostridial toxin. —Zlati Meyer, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2018

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s pork page, eating uncooked or undercooked pork can lead to problems from trichinosis, E. coli, salmonella, listeria, yersiniosis and staphylococcal food poisoning. —David J. Neal, miamiherald, 22 June 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

staphylococcal

adjective

staph·​y·​lo·​coc·​cal ˌstaf-(ə-)lō-ˈkäk-əl 

variants also staphylococcic

-ˈkäk-(s)ik 

: of, relating to, caused by, or being a staphylococcus

staphylococcal infection

a staphylococcal organism