Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mrsa

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables: mr-sa
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; a bacterium responsible for serious infections.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

MRSAs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

MRSE MSSA ORSA VRE VRSA

Questions

What does mrsa mean?: Initialism of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; a bacterium responsible for serious infections.

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