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PENICILLIN-RESISTANT BACTERIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does penicillin-resistant bacteria mean?
• PENICILLIN-RESISTANT BACTERIA (noun)
The noun PENICILLIN-RESISTANT BACTERIA has 1 sense:
1. bacteria that are unaffected by penicillin
Familiarity information: PENICILLIN-RESISTANT BACTERIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PENICILLIN-RESISTANT BACTERIA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bacteria that are unaffected by penicillin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("penicillin-resistant bacteria" is a kind of...):
bacteria; bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)
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