Bacterial resistance

Synonyms for "bacterial resistance" (15 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Adjective(3 words)
acquired resistanceadaptive resistanceantibiotic resistance

Strong matches (5)

Adjective(5 words)
antibiotic resistantantimicrobialantimicrobial resistanceantimicrobial resistantbacteria resistant

Related words (7)

Adjective(7 words)
drug resistancedrug resistantgenetic resistancegerm resistantmicrobial resistantresistance developmentresistance to antibiotics

Related word relations

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More general

9 entries
antimicrobial resistancebiological adaptationbiological traitcharacteristicevolutionary adaptationevolutionary changepropertyqualitytrait

More specific

9 entries
acquired resistanceantimicrobial coatingbacteria repellent surfaceintrinsic resistancemultidrug resistancepenicillin resistanceplasmid mediated resistanceself disinfecting surfacetetracycline resistance

Collocations

8 entries
antibiotic resistanceantimicrobial resistancebacterial resistance genebacterial resistance mechanismdrug resistancemultidrug resistancepenicillin resistanceresistance genes

Inflections

3 entries
bacterial resistancesmore bacterial resistancemost bacterial resistance

Derivations

5 entries