superbug — 영어 사전

명사

1. A strain of bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics (e.g., MDR, XDR).

   용법

   • 비격식

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

   용법

   • 비격식

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

   용법

   • 미국 용법

명사

1. a strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics

   상위어

   bacteriabacterium

2. 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

   동의어

   Bemisia tabacipoinsettia strain

   상위어

   sweet-potato whitefly