General term for physical or psychological resistance/tolerance to external factors such as heat, corrosion, drugs, or pain. Often used in compound nouns like 耐性菌 (resistant bacteria).
This material has high resistance to heat.
Long-term use has built up a tolerance to the drug.
resistance (biological/medical)
Specifically in medicine and biology: resistance of organisms (bacteria, insects, weeds) to drugs, pesticides, or antibiotics. Often used in technical contexts.
Overuse of antibiotics leads to the emergence of resistant bacteria.
This plant has resistance to drought.
I built up a tolerance by taking the medicine little by little.
This bacterium has developed resistance to antibiotics.
Continued use of the same drug can lead to tolerance developing.
herbicide resistance; herbicide resistant
stress resistance; stress tolerance
antibiotic resistance
carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae; CRE
vancomycin-resistant enterococci; VRE
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA