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chemoresistant

chemoresistant adjective: describing resistance of a cell to the actions of a chemical compound.

Adjective

chemoresistant (comparative more chemoresistant, superlative most chemoresistant)

  1. Describing resistance of a cell to the actions of a chemical compound
  2. Describing the resistance of a tumour to chemotherapy

Forms of chemoresistant

comparativemore chemoresistant
superlativemost chemoresistant

Origin of chemoresistant

From chemo- + resistant.

Words formed from chemoresistant

Questions about chemoresistant

What does chemoresistant mean?
Chemoresistant means describing resistance of a cell to the actions of a chemical compound.
What part of speech is chemoresistant?
Chemoresistant is an adjective.

Words near chemoresistant in the dictionary

  1. chemorepulsed
  2. chemorepulsion
  3. chemorepulsive
  4. chemoresistance
  5. chemoresistances
  6. chemoresistant
  7. chemoresponse
  8. chemoresponses
  9. chemoresponsive
  10. chemoresponsiveness
  11. chemorganotrophic

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