cross-resistance

[kraws-ri-zis-tuhns, kros-]

cross-re·sist·ance

[kraws-ri-zis-tuhns, kros-]
noun Biology.
1.
immunologic resistance to the pathogenic effects of a microorganism because of previous exposure to another species or type having cross-reactive antigens.
2.
resistance to the effects of a substance, as that of an insect population to an insecticide or a bacterial strain to an antibiotic, stimulated by exposure and adaptation to a similar or related substance.

Origin:
1945–50
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Cross-resistance is always a great word to know.
So is cell body. Does it mean:
the compact area of a nerve cell that constitutes the nucleus and surrounding cytoplasm, excluding the axons and dendrites
any organism that derives its energy for food synthesis from light and is capable of using carbon dioxide as its principal source of carbon
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