specific resistance
Britishnoun
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This probably explains how the bacteria could withstand the antibiotics without having specific resistance genes.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 26, 2023
A Western military adviser to the Ukrainians said that details of a specific resistance there remained a closely held secret.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2022
Scions capable of producing a particular fruit variety are grated onto root stock with specific resistance to disease.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
They act locally as autocrine or paracrine factors, stimulating the proliferation of progenitor cells and helping to stimulate both nonspecific and specific resistance to disease.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
A wire has therefore a certain safe current-carrying capacity which is determined by its specific resistance and emissivity, the latter being fixed by its form, surface and surroundings.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
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