Usually means: Bacteria resistant to multiple antibiotics.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. superbugs: Merriam-Webster
  2. superbugs: Collins English Dictionary
  3. superbugs: Vocabulary.com
  4. Superbugs, superbugs: Wordnik
  5. superbugs: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. superbugs: Wiktionary
  7. superbugs: Dictionary.com
  8. Superbugs: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. superbugs: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. superbugs: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. superbugs: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (superbug)

noun:  (informal) A strain of bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics (e.g., MDR, XDR).
noun:  (informal) Any pathogen resistant to many, even all, of the biocides or other agents used to treat similar pathogens.
noun:  (US) An invasive insect, Bemisia tabaci, that is a major pest of vegetable crops, both directly and as a virus vector.
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