"MDRO" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: MDROs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} MDRO (plural MDROs)
  1. Initialism of multidrug-resistant organism: a microbe with multiple drug resistance. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: multidrug-resistant organism (extra: a microbe with multiple drug resistance) Hypernyms: DRO, microbe, organism Related terms (multidrug-resistant organism): MDR, MDR-TB, XDR, XDR-TB
    Sense id: en-MDRO-en-noun-en:multidrug_resistant_organism Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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