Usually means: Bacteria resistant to multiple antibiotics.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. superbug: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. superbug: Merriam-Webster
  3. superbug: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. superbug: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. superbug: Collins English Dictionary
  6. superbug: Vocabulary.com
  7. Superbug, superbug: Wordnik
  8. superbug: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. superbug: Wiktionary
  10. superbug: Dictionary.com
  11. Superbug (film series), Superbug: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. superbug: Rhymezone
  13. superbug: FreeDictionary.org
  14. superbug: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. superbug: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. superbug: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Superbug: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. superbug: Medical dictionary
  4. Superbug: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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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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