MRSA
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛm.ɑːɹ.ɛs.eɪ/ (initialism)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛm.ɑɹ.ɛs.eɪ/ (initialism), IPA(key): /ˈmɝsə/ (acronym)
Noun
MRSA (usually uncountable, plural MRSAs)
- (microbiology, medicine) Initialism of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; a bacterium responsible for serious infections.
Hyponyms
Related terms
Translations
initialism or acronym for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Further reading
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- M.R.A.S., ASMR, Rams, Masr, AMRs, ASRM, rasm, arms, MARS, ARMs, mars, S/MAR, MRAs, SARM, mas'r, Mars, MSAR, RAMs, SRAM, rams
German
Etymology
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Noun
MRSA m (strong, genitive MRSAs, no plural)
- (molecular biology) initialism of Methicillin-resistenter Staphylococcus aureus;
- 2022 January 20, “1,2 Millionen Tote durch resistente Keime”, in Deutschlandfunk[1]:
- Allein der gefürchtete Krankenhauskeim MRSA - Methicillin-resistenter Staphylococcus aureus - verursachte demnach 100.000 Todesfälle.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)