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    3. 耐性

    耐性

    耐たい性せい

    resistance (e.g. to antibiotics)

    KMT8News #20+1Noun, ParticleScience & MathMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab17 strokes

    たいせい

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    resistance (e.g. to antibiotics), tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)

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    この細さい菌きんは抗こう生せい物ぶっ質しつに耐たい性せいがあります。

    This bacterium has resistance to antibiotics.

    KMT7Medicine & HealthScience & Math
    薬くすりの使つかいすぎは、体からだに耐たい性せいを作つくってしまう可か能のう性せいがあります。

    Overuse of medication can lead to the body developing tolerance.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthScience & Math
    喫きつ煙えんによって、肺はいがんに対たいする耐たい性せいが低てい下かすると言いわれています。

    It is said that smoking reduces resistance to lung cancer.

    KMT8Medicine & Health
    遺い伝でん子し組くみ換かえ技ぎ術じゅつにより、特とく定ていの病びょう害がい虫ちゅうに対たいする耐たい性せいを持もつ作さく物もつが開かい発はつされています。

    Through genetic engineering, crops with resistance to specific diseases and pests are being developed.

    KMT9Science & MathTechnologyNature & Environment
    環かん境きょう汚お染せんが、生せい物ぶつの環かん境きょう変へん化かに対たいする耐たい性せいを弱よわめている可か能のう性せいがあります。

    Environmental pollution may be weakening the resistance of organisms to environmental changes.

    KMT9Science & MathNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    耐
    た.える…(2)
    -proof・enduring
    性
    さが…(2)
    sex・gender・nature
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