抵てい抗こう性せい

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Meanings

1

noun

resistance; resistivity; resistibility

Used in technical contexts for physical, electrical, or biological resistance. Often appears in compounds like 耐性 or 抵抗力 in everyday language.

この素そ材ざいは熱ねつに対たいする抵てい抗

こう

性せい

が

高たか

い

。

This material has high resistance to heat.

細さい菌きんの抗こう生せい物ぶっ質しつへの抵てい抗こう性せいが問もん題だいになっている。

The resistance of bacteria to antibiotics has become a problem.

Kanji

抵resist, reach, touch
抗confront, resist, defy
性sex, gender, nature

Related words

抵てい抗こう力りょく
抵抗力 is more common in everyday language for resistance (e.g., disease resistance, mental toughness), while 抵抗性 is more technical and often used in scientific or engineering contexts.
耐たい性せい
耐性 specifically refers to tolerance or resistance developed over time, especially in biology and medicine (e.g., drug resistance). 抵抗性 is broader and includes physical and electrical resistance.

Word family

薬やく剤ざい抵てい抗こう性せい
drug resistance
インスリン抵てい抗こう性せい
insulin resistance

Built from

抵てい抗こう+性せい

Etymology

Compound of 抵抗 (resistance) + 性 (property, nature). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of 'resistance property'.