Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

multiresistant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mul-tire-sis-tant
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resistant to multiple drugs (especially to multiple antibiotics).

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English resistant English multiresistant From multi- + resistant.

Inflected Forms

more multiresistant (comparative) most multiresistant (superlative) multi-resistant (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

multiresistance

Synonyms

multidrug-resistant MDR

Questions

What does multiresistant mean?: Resistant to multiple drugs (especially to multiple antibiotics).
Where does multiresistant come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English resistant English multiresistant From multi- + resistant.

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