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super gonorrhea

super gonorrhea noun: a strain of gonorrhea that is resistant to many antibiotics.

Noun

super gonorrhea (uncountable)

  1. A strain of gonorrhea that is resistant to many antibiotics
    • Basically, when we say ‘super gonorrhea’ we mean ‘gonorrhea superbug’. These are extensively drug-resistant gonorrhea with high-level resistance to the current recommended treatment for gonorrhea (ceftriaxone and azithromycin) including resistance to penicillin, sulphonamides, tetracycline...“What's 'Super' about Super Gonorrhea?: A Q&A with WHO's Dr. Teodora Wi”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), WHO, (Can we date this quote?)
    • Lee, Bruce Y. (20 June 2022), “New Super Gonorrhea Strain Detected, Causes Sexually Transmitted Infection In Austrian Man”, in Forbes: “Speaking of naughty, you don’t catch super gonorrhea just by going to your local hardware store.”

Questions about super gonorrhea

What does super gonorrhea mean?
Super gonorrhea means a strain of gonorrhea that is resistant to many antibiotics.
What part of speech is super gonorrhea?
Super gonorrhea is a noun.

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