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- abbreviationinitialismemergency medicineInitialism of American Medical Response.
- abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of Adaptive Multi-Rate audio codec.
plural AMRs
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of antimicrobial resistance.
The threat stems from antimicrobial resistance or AMR, as this silent killer is called.
2018 January 19, Thomas Cueni, “Pulling Together To Thwart A Silent Killer”, in Life Science Leader, archived from the original on 21 Oct 20211 more example
Drugs are being lost faster than they are being replaced, with one in six bacterial infections now resistant to first-line antibiotics. This is a major blind spot in the global AMR response.
2026 June 30, Peter Beyer, “Why a surge in sexually transmitted infections in Europe should worry everybody”, in The Guardian, →ISSN - abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of antibody-mediated rejection.
- abbreviationcountableespeciallyinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of autonomous mobile robot.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableengineeringInitialism of anti-materiel rifle/anti-materiél rifle.
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AMR. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AMR
“AMR.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AMR. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “AMR,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AMR.
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