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- [mur-suh or, esp. Canadian, said as letters]
- /ˈmɜr sə or, esp. Canadian, said as letters/
- /ˌem.ɑːr.esˈeɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mur-suh or, esp. Canadian, said as letters]
- /ˈmɜr sə or, esp. Canadian, said as letters/
Definitions of mrsa word
- noun mrsa methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus , a bacterium that is highly resistant to methicillin, penicillin, and certain other antibiotics, and may cause infections of the skin, blood, lungs, etc.: MRSA infections in hospitals and healthcare facilities. 1
- noun mrsa a staph infection caused by these bacteria: the threat of MRSA among athletes. 1
- uncountable noun mrsa MRSA is a bacterium that is resistant to most antibiotics. MRSA is an abbreviation for 'methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus'. 0
- abbreviation MRSA methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a bacterium that enters the skin through open wounds to cause septicaemia and is extremely resistant to most antibiotics. It has been responsible for outbreaks of untreatable infections among patients in hospitals 0
- noun mrsa a strain of staphylococcus particularly resistant to antibiotics 0
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Origin of mrsa
First appearance:
before 1980 One of the 1% newest English words
First recorded in 1980-85
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Mrsa
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mrsa popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mrsa usage trend in Literature
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