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staph


staph

noun \ˈstaf\

Definition of STAPH

: staphylococcus
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Examples of STAPH

  1. a resistant strain of staph

First Known Use of STAPH

circa 1933

Rhymes with STAPH

caff, calf, chaff, daff, gaff, gaffe, graph, half, laugh, quaff, raff, sclaff, staff, Waf, waff

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