superbug — Английский словарь

Существительное

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

   Употребление

   • неофициальное

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

   Употребление

   • неофициальное

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

   Употребление

   • употребление в США

Существительное

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

   Более общие понятия

   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

   Синонимы

   Bemisia tabacipoinsettia strain

   Более общие понятия

   sweet-potato whitefly