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crossresistant

crossresistant adjective: resistant (to a toxin etc) as a result of exposure to a similar material.

Adjective

crossresistant (comparative more crossresistant, superlative most crossresistant)

  1. resistant (to a toxin etc) as a result of exposure to a similar material

Forms of crossresistant

comparativemore crossresistant
superlativemost crossresistant

Origin of crossresistant

From cross- + resistant.

Questions about crossresistant

What does crossresistant mean?
Crossresistant means resistant (to a toxin etc) as a result of exposure to a similar material.
What part of speech is crossresistant?
Crossresistant is an adjective.

Words near crossresistant in the dictionary

  1. crossregulation
  2. crossregulatory
  3. crossrepression
  4. crossresistance
  5. crossresistances
  6. crossresistant
  7. crossroad
  8. crossroader
  9. crossroaders
  10. crossroads
  11. Crossroads of America

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