superbug
/soo-per-buhg/US // ˈsu pərˌbʌg //UK // (ˈsuːpəˌbʌɡ) //
超级细菌,超级病菌,超强细菌,超强的细菌
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Informal.
- : a pathogenic bacterium that has developed immunity to antibiotics, or an insect that has developed immunity to insecticides.
Examples
Back at the hospital, Dad came down with a blood infection with MRSA, the horrific superbug that hangs around medical facilities.
Our visionary scientists have found the Achilles heel of yet another enemy of the State—the Superbug!
Drug-resistant gonorrhea, the so-called sex superbug found in Hawaii, is no killer on par with AIDS, as some reports suggest.
The latest superbug, NDM-1, has a shadowy past with hospitals.
No, but nearly one in eight of these cell phones were found to harbor MRSA, the rampant superbug found in hospitals.
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