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autoresistance

autoresistance noun: resistance to a poison produced by the body itself (typically, one used as a defence).

Noun

autoresistance (countable and uncountable, plural autoresistances)

  1. resistance to a poison produced by the body itself (typically, one used as a defence)

Forms of autoresistance

pluralautoresistances

Origin of autoresistance

From auto- + resistance.

Questions about autoresistance

What does autoresistance mean?
Autoresistance means resistance to a poison produced by the body itself (typically, one used as a defence).
What part of speech is autoresistance?
Autoresistance is a noun.
What is the plural of autoresistance?
The plural of autoresistance is autoresistances.

Words near autoresistance in the dictionary

  1. autorepressive
  2. autorepressor
  3. autorepressors
  4. autoreproduction
  5. autoreproductions
  6. autoresistance
  7. autoresonance
  8. autoresonances
  9. autorespond
  10. autoresponded
  11. autoresponder

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