STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An infection with staphylococcus bacteria; usually marked by abscess formation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("staphylococcal infection" is a kind of...):

infection (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "staphylococcal infection"):

boil; furuncle (a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus)

carbuncle (an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus)