英文词源
- staphylococcus (n.)
- (plural staphylococci), 1887, Modern Latin, the genus name, coined (on model of streptococcus) in 1882 by Scottish surgeon and bacteriologist Alexander Ogston (1844-1929). The first element is from comb. form of Greek staphyle "bunch of grapes," which possibly is from PIE *stabh-, variant of *stebh- "post, stem; to support" (see staff (n.)). The second element is Modern Latin coccus "spherical bacterium," from Greek kokkos "berry, grain" (see cocco-). So called because the bacteria usually bunch together in irregular masses.
中文词源
staphylococcus：葡萄球菌
杜撰词，来自希腊语 staphyle,葡萄串，和现代拉丁语 coccus,球形细菌，来自希腊语 kokkos, 浆果，莓子，词源同 cocoon.因这种细菌常如葡萄串在一起而得名。构词模仿 streptococcus.
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