aureus
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of aureus
1600–10; < Latin: literally, golden
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LimmaTech is developing vaccines against bacterial pathogens including Staphylococcus aureus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
The team showed the vaccine also protects against two species of bacteria - Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
Both were tested on multiple types of bacteria, including harmful strains like Staphylococcus aureus and E. coli, as well as beneficial probiotic bacteria such as Lactobacillus rhamnosus.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 2, 2026
Vaccines currently in development for Staphylococcus aureus infections, including MRSA, might have the side effect of fighting atopic dermatitis, cellulitis and impetigo — maybe even acne.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025
For the present the nation may say with consolation, uno avulso non deficit alter aureus.
From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose
The purse filled with great aurei seemed to him much easier of acquisition through the aid of Croton.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah
The jus annuli aurei, or right of wearing a gold ring, originally a military distinction, became a senatorial privilege, which was afterwards extended to the knights and gradually to other classes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
"Tell him that he will get a cap full of aurei," said Petronius.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah
She hath twenty aurei to command, and the girl is not worth much more than that.
From "Unto Caesar" by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
"I know one who will give to the state many thousand aurei."
From Vergilius A Tale of the Coming of Christ by Bacheller, Irving
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