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Meanings of resistance in anglès

portuguès
impedância
català
impedància
espanyol
resistividad

A material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms.

impedància
portuguès
oposição
català
oposició
espanyol
oposición

The action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with.

oposició
portuguès
imunidade

(Medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease.

imunidade
portuguès
organização clandestina
català
resistència
espanyol
resistencia

A secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force.

resistència
Synonyms
Examples for "underground"
Examples for "underground"
1
Water flowing underground News flash: scientists say there's water in Wellington Harbour.
Radio NZ
2
No territory, state or individual can separate and work underground, Barroso said.
Reuters
3
Heriansyah said the ban on the group would simply push it underground.
Reuters
4
She went underground and started plans to move back to Europe permanently.
Jamaica Observer
5
Go deep underground New York city to the countries largest transportation project.
Wired
Usage of resistance in anglès
1
The first key issue was health security, he said, including antimicrobial resistance.
Radio NZ
2
The World Health Organisation found the resistance of health workers was common.
The Guardian
3
Antibiotic resistance is considered one of the world's major public health concerns.
Pubmed
4
Antibiotic resistance is a problem that continues to challenge the healthcare sector.
Pubmed
5
The World Health Organisation has reported 57 cases of Tamiflu resistance worldwide.
Reuters
6
But the commissioner said that was just resistance to his reform agenda.
Radio NZ
7
Generics manufacturers said they do not view tamper resistance as the answer.
Reuters
8
His election as president would reinforce political resistance to a nuclear compromise.
Reuters
9
Hong Kong people's resistance is paving the way for democracy in China.
The Guardian
10
Britain's political elite must, like water, follow the path of least resistance.
The Guardian
11
That increases the risk of antibiotic resistance, without doing patients any good.
Reuters
12
Possible contributors include multidrug resistance, extensive virulence gene content, and ongoing transmission.
Pubmed
13
A list of candidate genes included several major classes of resistance gene.
Pubmed
14
Background: Plasmid mediated antimicrobial resistance in the Enterobacteriaceae is a global problem.
Pubmed
15
Several publications have linked antibiotic resistance development and spread with animal production.
Pubmed
16
However, these patients were otherwise healthy, with normal resistance to other microbes.
Pubmed
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Translations for resistance
Resistance through the time
Resistance across language varieties
United States of America
Common
South Africa
Common
United Kingdom
Common
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