resistant
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4.2
- adjective
- /rɪˈzɪstənt/
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resistente
- Genetic engineering offers the possibility of more strongly resistant varieties for farmers in the future.
- multidrug-resistant
- drug-resistant
- resistant bacteria
The cost from antibiotic resistant infections is huge.
- The cost from antibiotic resistant infections is huge.
- So we may have consumed undercooked chicken with resistant bacteria weeks or months ago.
- But you know, something like treatment resistant depression or severe PTSD.
- Will this virus become eventually resistant to this antiviral?
- And now you're talking about pesticides, herbicides, growth hormone, antibiotic resistant bacteria.
- And here we call the disease platinum resistant.
- And we're coming up with these Mrs as the, the resistant bacteria.
Examples
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Farmers are now planting resistant crops that can withstand extreme weather conditions and pests.
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A new plan to fight the threat of drug-resistant bacteria was unveiled by the White House today.
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For one thing, the brain is highly resistant to damage.
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It's really great, very productive and very disease resistant I find.
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Unfortunately, some bacteria have become resistant to all currently available antibiotics.
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Some people are more resistant to contamination than others, especially if exposure is limited to hours instead of days.
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Obese women, pregnant or not, are generally more insulin resistant than non-obese women.
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We have to develop new strains of high yield, disease-resistant grain crops.
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Some bacteria have become resistant to all currently available antibiotics, making infections harder to treat.
Synonyms
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4.1
Protected against a disease or infection, often after vaccination
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4.4
Can survive in difficult conditions like heat or drought
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A mild adult illness that develops slowly with high blood sugar and usually does not cause ketosis
- Specialized
A mild adult condition of high blood sugar usually controlled by diet and pills, not insulin
- Specialized
A mild diabetes in adults controlled by diet and pills rather than insulin
- Specialized
A mild diabetes in adults that rarely causes blood acid and doctors treat with diet or tablets not insulin
- Specialized
Bacteria that penicillin does not kill and that keep growing
- Specialized
An antibiotic like penicillin that still works when bacteria make a chemical that breaks penicillin
How Resistant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Resistant comes from the verb resist, formed from re- 'back' and sist 'to stand', meaning 'to stand against'. So when people or plants are resistant to a disease, they can 'stand against' the infection and are less affected.