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

MRSE, MSSA, ORSA
VRE, VRSA

Translations

initialism or acronym for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Finnish: MRSA (fi)
French: SARM m
German: MRSA (de)
Italian: MRSA
Polish: MRSA
Portuguese: SARM
Spanish: SARM m

Further reading

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

ARMs, ASMR, ASRM, M.R.A.S., MARS, MRAs, MSAR, Mars, Masr, RAMs, Rams, SARM, SRAM, arms, mars, mas'r, rams, rasm

German

Etymology

Derived from English MRSA

Pronunciation

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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:
  Allein der gefürchtete Krankenhauskeim MRSA - Methicillin-resistenter Staphylococcus aureus - verursachte demnach 100.000 Todesfälle.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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