Definition

1. Noun:
   • Superbug: A strain of bacteria that has become resistant to most antibiotics, making infections difficult or impossible to treat with standard medications.
   • (Archaic) Virus: In older or historical Vietnamese medical terminology, this term was sometimes used to refer to a virus, a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Superbug):

  • Các bác sĩ lo ngại về sự lây lan của siêu vi khuẩn trong bệnh viện. (Doctors are worried about the spread of the superbug in the hospital.)
  • Siêu vi khuẩn kháng thuốc là một mối đe dọa lớn đối với sức khỏe toàn cầu. (Drug-resistant superbugs are a major threat to global health.)

• Noun (Archaic - Virus):

  • Trong các tài liệu y học cũ, bệnh cúm được cho là do "siêu vi khuẩn" gây ra. (In old medical documents, influenza was said to be caused by a "virus" [using the term 'siêu vi khuẩn'].)

Advanced Usage

• "Cuộc chiến chống siêu vi khuẩn": The fight against superbugs.
  • Cuộc chiến chống siêu vi khuẩn đòi hỏi sự hợp tác quốc tế. (The fight against superbugs requires international cooperation.)

Variants and Related Words

• Vi khuẩn (n): Bacteria. (A large group of single-celled microorganisms.)
• Vi-rút / Virus (n): Virus. (The modern and standard term for a virus in Vietnamese.)
• Kháng kháng sinh (n): Antibiotic resistance. (The ability of bacteria to resist the effects of an antibiotic.)
• Siêu vi (n, informal): A common short form for "virus" in modern Vietnamese, not to be confused with "siêu vi khuẩn" as a superbug.

Synonyms

• Superbug: The direct and most accurate equivalent in modern contexts.
• Multidrug-resistant bacteria: A more technical synonym.
• (For the archaic meaning) Virus / Vi-rút: The modern terms for a virus.

Related Phrases

• Nhiễm siêu vi khuẩn: To be infected with a superbug.
  • Bệnh nhân đã nhiễm siêu vi khuẩn sau ca phẫu thuật. (The patient was infected with a superbug after the surgery.)

Related Idioms

1. (từ cũ) Virus