"MRSA" meaning in English

See MRSA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛm.ɑːɹ.ɛs.eɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛm.ɑɹ.ɛs.eɪ/ [General-American], /ˈmɝsə/ [General-American] Forms: MRSAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} MRSA (usually uncountable, plural MRSAs)
  1. (microbiology, medicine) Initialism of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; a bacterium responsible for serious infections. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually Alternative form of: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (extra: a bacterium responsible for serious infections) Categories (topical): Medicine, Microbiology Hyponyms: CA-MRSA, HA-MRSA Related terms: MRSE, MSSA, ORSA, VRE, VRSA Translations (initialism or acronym for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus): MRSA (Finnish), SARM [masculine] (French), MRSA (German), MRSA (Italian), MRSA (Polish), SARM (Portuguese), SARM [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-MRSA-en-noun-6mcvWorW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biology, medicine, microbiology, natural-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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