AMR

See also: amr

English

Proper noun

AMR

2. (emergency medicine) Initialism of American Medical Response.
4. (computing) Initialism of Adaptive Multi-Rate audio codec.

Noun

AMR (countable and uncountable, plural AMRs)

2. (medicine) Initialism of antimicrobial resistance.
   • 2018 January 19, Thomas Cueni, “Pulling Together To Thwart A Silent Killer”, in Life Science Leader‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 October 2021:

     The threat stems from antimicrobial resistance or AMR, as this silent killer is called.

   • 2026 June 30, Peter Beyer, “Why a surge in sexually transmitted infections in Europe should worry everybody”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 October 2026:

     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.

4. (medicine) Initialism of antibody-mediated rejection.
6. (especially manufacturing) Initialism of autonomous mobile robot.
7. (military, firearms) Initialism of anti-materiel rifle/anti-materiél rifle.

   Hypernyms: anti-materiél gun, anti-materiel gun, rifle, gun, firearm

   Hyponym: anti-tank rifle

   Coordinate term: anti-tank gun

Anagrams

• -mar-, ARM, Arm, Arm., MAR, MRA, Mar, Mar., RAM, RMA, Ram, arm, mar, mar-, ram

French

Noun

AMR

1. (military) initialism of auto-mitrailleuse de reconnaissance (“reconnaissance machine-gun carrier or armored car”)