resistances
noun(re-sis-tance)
an act or instance of resisting : opposition
resistances
noun(re-sis-tance)
a means of resisting
resistances
noun(re-sis-tance)
the power or capacity to resist: such as
resistances
noun(re-sis-tance)
tolerance (as of a bacterium) to a usually toxic substance (such as an antibiotic) that is acquired not as a result of direct exposure but by exposure to a related substance
resistances
noun(re-sis-tance)
reduced sensitivity to insulin by the body's insulin-dependent processes (such as glucose uptake and lipolysis) that is typical of type 2 diabetes but often occurs in the absence of diabetes
resistances
noun(re-sis-tance)
resistance especially to a government or an occupying power characterized mainly by noncooperation