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DRUG RESISTANCE

Specialty Definition: DRUG RESISTANCE

Domain	Definition
Food & Agriculture	La farmacoresistenza, ovverosia la ridotta sensibilit� presentata da un agente infettivo alle molecole terapeutiche. Source: European Union. (references)
Health	Diminished or failed response of an organism, disease or tissue to the intended effectiveness of a chemical or drug. It should be differentiated from drug tolerance which is the progressive diminution of the susceptibility of a human or animal to the effects of a drug, as a result of continued administration. (references)
Medicine	The result of cells'ability to resist the effects of a specific drug. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: DRUG RESISTANCE

Specialty definitions using "DRUG RESISTANCE": Drug Tolerance. (references)

Commercial Usage: DRUG RESISTANCE

Domain	Title
Books	Antiviral Drug Resistance (reference) Drug Resistance in Cancer: Mechanisms and Models (reference) Drug Resistance in Leukemia and Lymphoma III (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 457) (reference) Drug Resistance in the Treatment of Cancer (reference) Mechanisms of Drug Resistance in Epilepsy: Lessons from Oncology (Ciba Foundation Symposia Series) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Drug Resistance Updates (reference) Microbial Drug Resistance : Mechanism Epidemiology And Disea (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Photo Album: DRUG RESISTANCE

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Slide shows researcher using electron spin resonance spectroscopy to examine the role of free radicals in promoting anticancer drug activity as well as in the development of drug resistance. Credit: Bill Branson (Photographer).
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: DRUG RESISTANCE

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Widespread overuse of antibiotics contributes to emerging drug resistance. (references)
		Campaigns for judicious use of antibiotics may slow or reverse emerging drug resistance. (references)
		White TC, Marr KA, Bowden R. Clinical, cellular and molecular factors that contribute to antifungal drug resistance. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: DRUG RESISTANCE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
drug resistance	9
antiretroviral drug resistance	3
hiv drug resistance	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: DRUG RESISTANCE

Language		Translations for "DRUG RESISTANCE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		resistens (resistance, tolerance). (various references)

Dutch		resistentie (tenacity, tolerant). (various references)

Finnish		resistenssi, lääkeresistenssi. (various references)

French		résistance aux médicaments, résistance (drag). (various references)

German		Widerstandsfähigkeit gegenüber Medikamenten, Resistenz (resistance). (various references)

Greek		αντίσταση στα φάρμακα, αντίσταση (impedance, opposition, rebuff, resistance, resistor). (various references)

Italian		resistenza (drag, endurance, hardiness, resistance, resistor, stamina, strength, wear), Farmacoresistenza, chemioantibioticoresistenza. (various references)

Pig Latin		ugdray esistanceray

Spanish		resistencia a los medicamentos, resistencia (endurance, long distance, opposition, refractiveness, resilience, resiliency, resistance, stand, strength, toughness, underground). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: DRUG RESISTANCE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-g-i-n-r-r-s-s-t-u"
	-3 letters: decussating, desecrating, intergrades, natriureses, reasserting, reeducating, scrutineers, stranguries, transducers, underreacts.
	-4 letters: adrenergic, ancestries, careerists, cartridges, centauries, centigrade, crassitude, decreasing, denigrates, designates, desistance, directness, directress, discerners, disgracers, dreariness, estrangers, garnitures, gesneriads, grandsires, grenadiers, increasers, intergrade, irredentas, negritudes, reassigned, reassuring, recreating, redressing, reductases, rereadings, rescinders, resecuring, resistance, restrained, retreading, saunterers, scrutineer, signatures, stingarees, strangered.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-e-g-i-n-r-r-s-s-t-u"
	+5 letters: counteradvertisings.
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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Quotations: Non-fiction

5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography

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