cross-resistance

== English == === Alternative forms === crossresistance, cross resistance === Etymology === From cross- +‎ resistance. === Noun === cross-resistance (countable and uncountable, plural cross-resistances) (pharmacology, toxicology) The tolerance to a usually toxic substance stimulated by former exposure to a structurally similar substance. (immunology) The tolerance to the pathogenic effects of a microorganism stimulated by former exposure to a similar infectious agent.