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- translingual · calque ofStaphylococcus aureus
- English todaygolden staph
Calque of translingual Staphylococcus aureus (literally “golden staphylococcus”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
golden staph
Today it means: A bacterium, often found on the skin and nose, that commonly causes staph infections, technically known as Staphylococcus aureus. Full definition →
translingual Staphylococcus aureus