Meanings
adjectivemultiresistant (comparative more multiresistant, superlative most multiresistant)
comparative more multiresistant · superlative most multiresistant · alternative multi-resistant
- medicineResistant to multiple drugs (especially to multiple antibiotics).
Synonyms: multidrug-resistant, MDR
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveResistant to multiple drugs (especially to multiple antibiotics).
Similar
multidrug-resistantMDR
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mel-
- Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
- Proto-Italic*moltos
- Latinmultus
- Latinmultī
- Middle Englishmulti-
- Englishmulti-
- Englishresistant
- Englishmultiresistant
Translations
Czech multirezistentní
- multirezistentníresistant to multiple drugs
French multirésistant
- multirésistantresistant to multiple drugs
Swedish multiresistent
- multiresistentresistant to multiple drugs
Vietnamese đa đề kháng
- đa đề khángresistant to multiple drugs
Cite this entry
APA
multiresistant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multiresistant
MLA
“multiresistant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multiresistant. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multiresistant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multiresistant.
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