Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Staphylococcus.
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- noun
Staphylococcus bacteria and its infection.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections
Etymologies
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Examples
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Shakily, she picked her way carefully down the steps, wondering what the treatment would be like, and why she had never heard the word staph before.2
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Shakily, she picked her way carefully down the steps, wondering what the treatment would be like, and why she had never heard the word staph before.2
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Shakily, she picked her way carefully down the steps, wondering what the treatment would be like, and why she had never heard the word staph before.2
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Anytime the term staph infection is mentioned in the fight game opponents and gym mates run for the hills.
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Anytime the term staph infection is mentioned in the fight game opponents and gym mates run for the hills.
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Today, methicillin resistant staph is common – infection with methicillin-resistant staph is one of the most common complications from major surgery in American hospitals.
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Although the word staph is never mentioned in this post, it is morbidly refreshing to hear this story come out about Tom Brady a few days after Kellen Winslow's statements about his infections.
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Basically,these are patients who present more acutely ill with the lung infection often superimposed on various chronic illnesses and who have a higher incidence of certain microbes, namely staph aureus and various gram negative bacteria.
Archive 2009-02-01 james gaulte 2009
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Basically,these are patients who present more acutely ill with the lung infection often superimposed on various chronic illnesses and who have a higher incidence of certain microbes, namely staph aureus and various gram negative bacteria.
"Health care associated pneumonia" looks like a concept here to stay james gaulte 2009
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WHITFIELD: And now parents and health officials, well, they are on alert after a 12-year-old died from so-called staph superbug.
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