Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

golden staph

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: gold-en staph
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bacterium, often found on the skin and nose, that commonly causes staph infections, technically known as Staphylococcus aureus.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Calque of translingual Staphylococcus aureus (literally “golden staphylococcus”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

golden staphs (plural)

Questions

What does golden staph mean?: A bacterium, often found on the skin and nose, that commonly causes staph infections, technically known as Staphylococcus aureus.
Where does golden staph come from?: Calque of translingual Staphylococcus aureus (literally “golden staphylococcus”).

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