aureus

[ awr-ee-uhs ]

/ ˈɔr i əs /

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noun, plural au·re·i

[awr-ee-ahy]. /ˈɔr iˌaɪ/.

a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Rome, from Caesar to Constantine I.

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Origin of aureus

1600–10; <Latin: literally, golden

Words nearby aureus

Aurelius, aurene glass, aureole, aureolin, Aureomycin, aureus, au revoir, auri-, auric, auricle, auricle atrialis

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How to use aureus in a sentence

Now, for one type of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, Larsen and colleagues have tracked its evolution to hedgehogs hundreds of years ago.
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Two promising candidates are Cas9 proteins from Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus thermophilus, which are 1,053 and 1,121 amino acids long, respectively.
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This tribute is three, or two, or one aureus, or for a meaner person thirteen deniers.
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From the softened parts Mr. Somerville Hastings succeeded in obtaining staphylococcus pyogenes aureus in pure culture.
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The immediate exciting cause is the entrance into the follicle of a microbe, the staphylococcus pyogenes aureus.
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Auripes is from aureus, yellow or golden; pes, foot; so called from its yellow stem.
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When grown in artificial media, the colonies assume an orange-yellow colour—hence the name aureus.
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British Dictionary definitions for aureus

aureus

/ (ˈɔːrɪəs) /

noun plural aurei (ˈɔːrɪˌaɪ)

a gold coin of the Roman Empire

Word Origin for aureus

Latin: golden; see aureate

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