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adj
Resistant to multiple drugs (especially to multiple antibiotics).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: multidrug-resistant, MDR
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English resistant English multiresistant From multi- + resistant.
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