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cross-resistances

cross-resistances is the plural of cross-resistance.

Meaning of cross-resistance

Noun

cross-resistance (countable and uncountable, plural cross-resistances)

  1. The tolerance to a usually toxic substance stimulated by former exposure to a structurally similar substance.
    • Cross-resistance between antibiotics of the same class can occur frequently.
  2. The tolerance to the pathogenic effects of a microorganism stimulated by former exposure to a similar infectious agent.

Questions about cross-resistances

What is cross-resistances the plural of?
Cross-resistances is the plural of cross-resistance.

Words near cross-resistances in the dictionary

  1. cross-referencing
  2. cross-referred
  3. cross-referring
  4. cross-refers
  5. cross-resistance
  6. cross-resistances
  7. cross-rhythm
  8. cross-rhythms
  9. cross-river
  10. cross-row
  11. cross-rows

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cross-resistances (page history and authors); cross-resistance (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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