Superbug

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  • noun. A strain of bacteria that has become resistant to most antibiotics.
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  • noun. A strain of bacteria that has become resistant to many antibiotics.
  • noun. An insect, Bemisia tabaci, that is a serious pest.
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  • noun. a strain of pest 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
  • noun. a strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics
  • Word Usage
    "They were victims of a scary "superbug" - a bacterial staph infection for which there is now no known cure."
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