staph
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7.6
- noun
- /stæf/
- Informal
:
estafilococo
- A staph infection can lead to serious health complications if left untreated.
- staph infection
I actually had what was most likely a staph infection that I had to take antibiotics for.
- I actually had what was most likely a staph infection that I had to take antibiotics for.
- In fact, there's a great study done finding that honey inhibits pathogenic bacteria like staph infection, staph aureus, and E coli.
- And if you didn't do that, you get cut and get an infection and get staph and die, would go septic.
Examples
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Collins says Downey eventually learned he was infected with MSSA, a "nasty cousin" of MRSA, a type of staph infection resistant to certain antibiotics.
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My son developed a staph infection in his eye in the first 24 hours after birth.
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Does he die from a staph infection?
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Have you ever heard of a staph infection?
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The staph infection is eating away his skin.
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A staph infection could kill.
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I actually had what was most likely a staph infection that I had to take antibiotics for.
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It is a staph infection.
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You don't want to get a staph infection.
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The joy was short-lived, however, because I soon developed a staph infection in my chest.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
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7.9
A kind of bacteria that lives on skin and can cause infections like boils
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9.5
Tiny round germs that form grape-like clusters and may cause skin infections
A group of round bacteria, many of which cause skin infections, pneumonia and food poisoning
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Staph is a short form of staphylococcus, which comes from Greek staphyle meaning 'bunch of grapes' and coccus meaning 'berry'. The name fits because these bacteria are small round balls that often grow in groups like a bunch of grapes, and some of them can cause infections.