Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun penicillin-resistant_bacteria

1 sense of penicillin-resistant bacteria

Sense 1
penicillin-resistant bacteria -- (bacteria that are unaffected by penicillin)
       => 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)