Resistance - Body

Japanese: 耐性 - たいせい

〘noun〙① The quality of being able to withstand difficulties. ※Saikoku Risshihen (1870-71)〈translated by Nakamura Masanao〉8 "enduring hunger and cold with an unyielding resistance" ② The resistance that an organism has to a foreign chemical environment. Or, the resistance that pathogens and the like show to certain drugs. [Design of Medical Treatment (1955)] ※Tou (1965)〈Koda Fumie〉11 "resistance emerged to every drug, and finally there was no treatment left."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 困難などに耐えることのできる性質。※西国立志編（1870‐71）〈中村正直訳〉八「屈すべからざるの耐性(タイせい)を以て飢寒を忍び」② 生体が異質の化学的環境に対してもっている抵抗性。または、病原菌などが、一定の薬物に対して示す抵抗力。〔療養の設計（1955）〕※闘（1965）〈幸田文〉一一「どの薬にも耐性がでて、とうとう処置なくなったのである」

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