Resistant

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  • n. A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.
  • n. A thing which resists.
  • adj. That which makes resistance or offers opposition.
  • adj. That which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc..
  • adj. Not greatly influenced by individual members of a sample.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Making resistance; resisting.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Making resistance; resisting.
  • n. One who or that which resists.
  • n. Same as resist, 2.
  • In botany, able to resist the attacks of parasites: applied to those plants which, because of some inherent property, are able to resist the attack of those parasites to which they are usually subject.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress
  • adj. incapable of absorbing or mixing with
  • adj. relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)
  • adj. impervious to being affected
  • adj. disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
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