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Organism resistant to antibiotics
Answer for the clue "Organism resistant to antibiotics ", 8 letters:
superbug
Alternative clues for the word superbug
- Energy drink first, then grub cooked for one not responding to treatment
- Microorganism resistant to antibiotics
- Drug-resistant bac¬te¬ri¬um
- Drug-resistant bacterium
- Virus that withstands medication
- A strain accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias
Word definitions for superbug in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context colloquial English) A strain of bacteria that has become resistant to many antibiotics. 2 (context US English) An insect, ''Bemisia tabaci'', that is a serious pest.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a strain accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias [syn: Bemisia tabaci , poinsettia strain ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ That did kill many, but some mosquitoes became resistant: A superbug had evolved. ▪ The tots were struck down by a superbug in the intensive care unit at the London hospital.
Usage examples of superbug.
Soviet scientists even attempted to splice the botulinum toxin gene into other bacteria to create a so-called superbug.
Senate committee investigation concluded that the bacteria had mutated into a superbug because the drug industry had aggressively promoted chloramphenicol for a wide variety of infections in Mexico and other developing countries.
From hospitals, resistant superbugs travel to old-age homes and day-care centers, predating on the old and the very young.