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.

vastustus

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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.
earth.sc.	kestävyys
el.	vastus
environ.	resistenssi; vastustus
fin.	resistanssi
nat.sc.	kestokyky; sietokyky; toleranssi
nat.sc. transp. industr.	vastustuskyky


compression abbr.
commun.	kontrastin supistaminen
earth.sc. mech.eng.	puristus
environ.	puristus; tiiviste
IT	pakkaus
life.sc. el.	kokoonpuristuma; kokoonpuristuminen; konsolidaatio; tiivistyminen


to abbr.
forestr.	liimata