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staph

/stæf/

Traduction: Nom désignant une bactérie sphérique à Gram positif du genre Staphylococcus, souvent responsable d'infections telles que furoncles, abcès ou septicémie.

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C1formalcommonmedical/stæf/

A noun referring to a type of spherical, Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies and can cause infections such as boils or septicemia.

  • 🇫🇷Nom désignant une bactérie sphérique à Gram positif du genre Staphylococcus, souvent responsable d'infections telles que furoncles, abcès ou septicémie.
  1. Bacterial infection B2 formal medical

    A type of spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular clusters; some strains cause boils, septicemia, or other infections.

    • The wound became infected with staph bacteria.
    • Staph infections are often treated with antibiotics.
    • He was hospitalized due to a severe staph infection.

    🇫🇷staphylocoque (infection à)

    Synonymes: staphylococcus

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