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resistant

/ɹəˈzɪstənt/

noun

What it means

  1. A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.
  2. A thing which resists.

In a sentence

The infection is resistant to antibiotics.

Where it comes from

  1. Frenchrésistant
  2. Englishresistant

From French résistant; equivalent to resist + -ant.

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