multiresistant

See also: multi-resistant and multirésistant

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.
Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
English resistant
English multiresistant

    From multi- + resistant.

    Adjective

    multiresistant (comparative more multiresistant, superlative most multiresistant)

    1. (medicine) Resistant to multiple drugs (especially to multiple antibiotics).
      Synonyms: multidrug-resistant, MDR

    Translations

    This page is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.