Usually means: Resistance to multiple similar drugs.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. cross-resistance: Merriam-Webster
  2. cross-resistance: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. cross-resistance: Wordnik
  4. cross-resistance: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. cross-resistance: Dictionary.com
  6. Cross-resistance: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. cross-resistance: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. cross-resistance: Wiktionary

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. cross-resistance: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  6. cross-resistance: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (cross-resistance)

noun:  (pharmacology, toxicology) The tolerance to a usually toxic substance stimulated by former exposure to a structurally similar substance.
noun:  (immunology) The tolerance to the pathogenic effects of a microorganism stimulated by former exposure to a similar infectious agent.

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