AMR

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Initialism of American Medical Response.

Less commonScrabble 5

Meanings

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismemergency medicineInitialism of American Medical Response.
  2. abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of Adaptive Multi-Rate audio codec.
nounAMR (countable and uncountable, plural AMRs)

plural AMRs

  1. 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 2021
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    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
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of antibody-mediated rejection.
  3. abbreviationcountableespeciallyinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of autonomous mobile robot.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableengineeringInitialism of anti-materiel rifle/anti-materiél rifle.

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APA

AMR. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AMR

MLA

“AMR.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AMR. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “AMR,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AMR.

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