Definition of Aureus

1. Noun. A gold coin minted during the Roman Empire from approximately 100 B.C. to 309 A.D., equal to 25 denarii. ¹

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Definition of Aureus

1. a gold coin of ancient Rome [n -REI]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aureus

aurelia
aurelian
aurelians
aurelias
aureola
aureolae
aureolas
aureole
aureoled
aureoles
aureolic acid
aureoling
aureolæ
aureomycin
aures
aureus (current term)
auri-
aurian
auriasis
auric
auric acid
aurichalceous
aurichalcite
aurichalcites
auricle
auricle of atrium
auricle of left atrium
auricle of right atrium
auricled
auricles

Literary usage of Aureus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles of Pathologic Histology by Frank Burr Mallory (1914)
"The staphylococcus aureus causes a great variety of lesions no one of which ... On this account the lesions due to the aureus, are generally classified from ..."

2. Manual of Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals edited by Kim Waggie (1994)
"In these media the growth of other bacteria is inhibited and colonies of S. aureus which ferment mannitol and produce a golden pigment are easily detected. ..."

3. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1877)
"(4), ip 122 (1854) X. aureus. Range. Confined to New Guinea. 1. ... Oriolus aureus, Linn. SN ip 1G3 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ip 293. ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1897)
"Pure infection occurred in 39 per cent., the staphylococcus aureus in 41 per cent., ... Three cases of carbuncle had pure cultures, staphylococcus aureus. ..."

5. Pathological Technique: A Practical Manual for Workers in Pathological by Frank Burr Mallory, James Homer Wright (1908)
"The staphylococcus pyogenes aureus cannot usually be identified with any certainty by the cover-glass examination alone. Cultures are necessary in order to ..."

6. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In which the Most by John Sims (1830)
"Spr. Specific Character and Synonyms. CROCUS* aureus; biflorus ... CROCUS aureus. " Sm. Prod. Fl. Gr. v. 1. p. 24. Fl. Graec.v. 1. p. 25. *. 35. ..."

7. Household Bacteriology for Students in Domestic Sciences by Estelle Denis Buchanan, Robert Earle Buchanan (1913)
"The most important of these are Micrococcus aureus, Micrococcus albus, ... Micrococcus albus is differentiated from Micrococcus aureus in that the latter ..."

8. A Manual of bacteriology by Herbert Upham Williams (1898)
"Staphylococcus pyogenes aureus—A micrococcus of variable size, arranged in irregular clumps, sometimes in pairs; about .8 to .9 ¡i in diameter; ..."

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