Superbug

Word SUPERBUG
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Definitions and meanings of "Superbug"

What do we mean by superbug?

A strain of bacteria that has become resistant to most antibiotics. noun

A strain of bacteria that has become resistant to many antibiotics. noun

An insect, Bemisia tabaci, that is a serious pest. 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 noun

A strain of bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics.

Any pathogen resistant to many, even all, of the biocides or other agents used to treat similar pathogens.

An invasive insect, Bemisia tabaci, that is a major pest of vegetable crops, both directly and as a virus vector.

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The word "superbug" in example sentences

They were victims of a scary "superbug" - a bacterial staph infection for which there is now no known cure. ❋ Unknown (2008)

MELISSA BLOCK, host: A so-called superbug has made its way to this country from India. ❋ Unknown (2010)

CHETRY: Well after Brazilian supermodel was killed by an infection now known as the superbug, there are new concerns about this drug-resistant bacteria, how common is it, and if you wind up in a hospital, could you be in danger of catching an infection like this as well? ❋ Unknown (2009)

This idea that you can actually take gator blood, it could possibly use in some way to treat burns, ulcerations, even what is known as the superbug, MRSA. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Well, searching for a so-called superbug, Loyola University Medical Center near Chicago plans to screen every single patient for the staph germ known as MRSA. ❋ Unknown (2007)

So some very tough feelings out here about the death of this young man from what is now being called the superbug -- Don. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Sanjay, why are so many experts alarmed by this germ, the so - called superbug? ❋ Unknown (2007)

Medical experts attribute the emergence of the so-called superbug to three factors: the indiscriminate use of antibiotics; patients failing to use all their prescribed antibiotics; and the use of antibiotics in animal feed. ❋ Unknown (2007)

More worries today about the spread of a so-called superbug staph infection. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And after the broadest look yet at its impact, the government says the so-called superbug has moved from hospitals where it first became known to schools, locker rooms and now prisons. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And we've been hearing a lot about this so-called superbug this week, with deaths reported in Virginia and Georgia. ❋ Unknown (2007)

HARRIS: You know, we have been hearing a lot about the so-called superbug this week with deaths reported in Virginia and Georgia. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Now this so-called superbug has been around for years but recently gained national attention after a 17-year-old Virginia student died earlier this month. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In Virginia, the school attended by a teen who died on Monday of the so-called superbug has reopened after a thorough cleaning. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Sanjay, why are so many experts alarmed by this germ, this so-called superbug? ❋ Unknown (2007)

CHETRY: The dangers of the so-called superbug, the MSRA staph. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Now the so-called superbug has been around for years, but recently gained national attention after a 17-year-old Virginia student died earlier this month. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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