staph
[ staf ]
/ stæf /
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noun Informal.
Nearby words
- stapedial,
- stapediotenotomy,
- stapelia,
- stapes,
- stapes-mobilization operation,
- staphylectomy,
- staphyledema,
- staphyline,
- staphylinid,
- staphylion
Origin of staph
First recorded in 1930–35; by shortening
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Examples from the Web for staph
Or … whole swaths of the planet could be ravaged by drug-resistant strains of staph infection or tuberculosis.
staph
colloquial short form of staphylococcus, attested from 1933.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
staph
[ stăf ]
n.
Staphylococcus.
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