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Noun: staph  staf
Usage: informal
  1. Spherical bacteria often causing skin infections
    "staph aureus can cause serious antibiotic-resistant infections";
    - staphylococcus, staphylococci

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Derived forms: staphs

Type of: cocci, coccus

Part of: genus Staphylococcus

Encyclopedia: Staph