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“chemoresistance”
1. The specific impediment of cells to the action of chemicals: Chemoresistance involves the aversion to or insusceptibility of the basic functional unit of an organism to a particular therapeutic drug.
2. The immunity exhibited by certain tumors and tissues from destruction by chemotherapeutic drugs: After taking the medication gemcitabine to treat the solid tumor for a number of years, Mrs. Tennison's doctor observed that the tumor had developed a chemoresistance to it.
2. The immunity exhibited by certain tumors and tissues from destruction by chemotherapeutic drugs: After taking the medication gemcitabine to treat the solid tumor for a number of years, Mrs. Tennison's doctor observed that the tumor had developed a chemoresistance to it.
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chemo-, chem-, chemico-, chemi-, -chemist, -chemic, -chemical +
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stato-, stat-, sta-, -static, -stasi, staso-, -stasis, -stasia, -stacy, -stitute, -stitution, -sist
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