natural resistance
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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This approach allowed the researchers to examine how different levels of natural resistance within the plants could be linked to their mineral compositions.
From Science Daily
The introduction of the aggressive and non-native North American signal crayfish has brought diseases that the indigenous crayfish have no natural resistance to, and their natural habitat of freshwater rivers and streams have become more polluted in recent years.
From BBC
Reactivity to a child’s natural resistance and budding sense of autonomy is more about having: 1. unrealistic expectations of how a 9-year-old behaves, and 2. unproductive responses when she doesn’t behave as you expect.
From Washington Post
Yeah, there's a natural resistance to change.
From Salon
The patient was being treated for leukaemia when she received a stem cell transplant from someone with natural resistance to the Aids-causing virus.
From BBC
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