penicillin-resistant bacteria

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   bacteria that are unaffected by penicillin

   Broaderbacteria

Questions about penicillin-resistant bacteria

What does penicillin-resistant bacteria mean?

penicillin-resistant bacteria means "bacteria that are unaffected by penicillin".

Is penicillin-resistant bacteria a common word?

penicillin-resistant bacteria is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.