multiresistant

Resistant to multiple drugs (especially to multiple antibiotics).

Adjective

  1. Resistant to multiple drugs (especially to multiple antibiotics).

    Synonyms: multidrug-resistant MDR

Origin

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.

Forms

more multiresistant most multiresistant multi-resistant

Related

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