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Superbug
01
a type or variety of bacteria or virus that has developed a resistance to multiple types of antibiotics or other treatments, making it difficult to control or eliminate
Examples
Hospitals are struggling to control infections caused by superbugs.
02
a strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias
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