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pharmacoresistance

pharmacoresistance noun: the condition of being pharmacoresistant.

Noun

pharmacoresistance (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being pharmacoresistant
    • Estimates suggest that approximately 65 million people of all ages may be affected by epilepsy [ 36 ] and that the majority face treatment problems due to pharmacoresistance to antiepileptic drug (AED) therapy [ 37, 38 ].2015 August 18, Juliana Silva et al., “Pharmacological Alternatives for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders: Wasp and Bee Venoms and Their Components as New Neuroactive Tools”, in Toxins...

Origin of pharmacoresistance

From pharmaco- + resistance.

Questions about pharmacoresistance

What does pharmacoresistance mean?
Pharmacoresistance means the condition of being pharmacoresistant.
What part of speech is pharmacoresistance?
Pharmacoresistance is a noun.

Words near pharmacoresistance in the dictionary

  1. pharmacopœic
  2. pharmacopœical
  3. pharmacopœist
  4. pharmacopœists
  5. pharmacopœiæ
  6. pharmacoresistance
  7. pharmacoresistancy
  8. pharmacoresistant
  9. pharmacoresponse
  10. pharmacosedation
  11. pharmacosensitive

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