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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

staph n. [uncountable]

Microbiologystaphylococcus:a staph infection.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

staph n. [Informal.]

Microbiologystaphylococcus.

by shortening 1930–35

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