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Resistance vs Chemoresistant - What's the difference?

resistance | chemoresistant |

As a noun resistance

is resistance (all meanings).

As an adjective chemoresistant is

(biochemistry) describing resistance of a cell to the actions of a chemical compound.

resistance

English

Alternative forms

* resistaunce (obsolete)

Noun

  • The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
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  • , chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.}}
  • (physics) A force that tends to oppose motion.
  • (physics) Shortened form of electrical resistance.
  • An underground organization engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation.
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    chemoresistant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (biochemistry) Describing resistance of a cell to the actions of a chemical compound
  • (medicine) Describing the resistance of a tumour to chemotherapy