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.

résistance (biologique)

resistance medicine [rɪ'zɪstəns] adj.

med.

résistancemédecine

English thesaurus

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 to

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resistance
anal.chem.	résistance électrique
chem.	résistivité; solidité
el.	résistance en courant alternatif
health. R&D.	résistance aux médicaments; pharmacorésistance
med.	résistance aux antimicrobiens; résistance aux agents antimicrobiens
pack.	résistance à la déchirure; résistance à la propagation de la rupture


to
commun. gen.	dest.; destinataire
el.	retarder; inhiber
environ.	méthodes et instruments de mesure des différents polluants
fin. tech.	jusqu'au
forestr.	coller


current
gen.	courant; courant
astr.	intensité du courant
chem.	marche; course
comp.	en cours; actuel
comp., MS	à jour
kayak.	force
sail.	afflux