developing resistance

collocation in English

meaningsofdevelopingandresistance

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developing
adjective
uk
/dɪˈvel.ə.pɪŋ/us
/dɪˈvel.ə.pɪŋ/
A developing country or area of the world is poorer and has less advanced industries, especially in Africa, Latin America, ...
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resistance
noun
uk
/rɪˈzɪs.təns/us
/rɪˈzɪs.təns/
the act of fighting against something that is attacking you, or refusing to ...
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(Definition ofdevelopingandresistancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We already have enough problems with the increasing number of peopledevelopingresistanceto antibiotics.
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They have more ways than one ofdevelopingresistance.
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Additionally, evidence suggests that the beetle is capable ofdevelopingresistanceagainst the common pesticide endosulfan.
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The subgroups evolved to utilize difference cellular receptors to gain entry into avian cells due to the hostdevelopingresistanceto viral entry.
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Lastly, the use of these bacteriophages places strong selection on the host bacteria, which causes a high probability ofdevelopingresistanceto the attacking bacteriophage.
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However, volunteers treated with this drug experienced some side effects, such as nasal bleeding, and begandevelopingresistanceto the drug.
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Patients who take medications regularly can stay on one regimen withoutdevelopingresistance.
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Artemisinin-based monotherapies for malaria are explicitly discouraged to avoid the problem ofdevelopingresistanceto the newer treatment.
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None of them is used alone because of the risk ofdevelopingresistance.
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These transient blips do not indicate that the virus isdevelopingresistanceto drug therapy.
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Chemical treatment is sometimes used prophylactically, but this is a source of considerable controversy because certain strains of the bacterium seem to be rapidlydevelopingresistance.
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