resistance 1. The ability of a plant to overcome, retard, suppress, or prevent infection or colonization by a pathogen, parasite, or adverse abiotic factor. 2. The ability of insects, fungi, weeds, or other pests to survive normally lethal doses of an insecticide, fungicide, herbicide, or other pesticide; biological [rɪ'zɪstəns] adj.

environ.

modstand

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resistance [rɪ'zɪstəns] abbr.

When a bacteria, virus, or other microorganism mutates changes form and becomes insensitive to resistant to a drug that was previously effective. Drug resistance can be a cause of HIV treatment failure. see also acquired resistance, drug-susceptible, transmitted resistance, treatment failure

mil., abbr.

resis

resistance

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resistance abbr.
gen.	antimikrobiel resistens
earth.sc.	bestandighed
el.	resistans
environ.	modstand; modstand
fin.	øverste grænsekurs
health. R&D.	lægemiddelresistens; resistens over for lægemidler
med.	resistens mod antimikrobielle stoffer


fragmentation abbr.
agric.	opsplitning
coal. chem.	brydning; sønderdeling
comp., MS	fragmentering
IT el.	fragmentering


to abbr.
med.	ad; q.s.ad