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hypertolerance

hypertolerance noun: the abnormally high tolerance of environmental trace elements by a plant, fungus, or microbe.

Noun

hypertolerance (uncountable)

  1. The abnormally high tolerance of environmental trace elements by a plant, fungus, or microbe.
    • CONCLUSION. Aspergillus sp. have tremendous potential as bioremediation tool. Different studies indicate that they possess some evolutionary mechanisms to combat toxic situation. Additionally, the existence of hypertolerant strains makes them an automatic choice in the environmental cleaning...2016, “Chapter 15: Role of Aspergillus in bioremediation process”, in Vijai Kumar Gupta, editor, New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Aspergillus System...
    Antonyms:
    intolerance
  2. Excessive tolerance (by a person) of others' misbehavior.
    • Near-synonyms: lenience, permissiveness; laxness

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Origin of hypertolerance

From hyper- + tolerance.

Questions about hypertolerance

What does hypertolerance mean?
Hypertolerance means the abnormally high tolerance of environmental trace elements by a plant, fungus, or microbe.
What part of speech is hypertolerance?
Hypertolerance is a noun.

Words near hypertolerance in the dictionary

  1. hyperthyroxinemia
  2. hyperthyroxinemias
  3. hyperthyroxinemic
  4. hypertime
  5. hypertimes
  6. hypertolerance
  7. hypertolerant
  8. hypertonia
  9. hypertonias
  10. hypertonic
  11. hypertonically

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