information that should be kept in mind when making a decision | group action in opposition to those in power |
the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition | the military action of resisting the enemy's advance |
an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else | the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with |
(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement | an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current |
a state at a particular time | the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) |
a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing | (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness |
the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape') | a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force |
an illness, disease, or other medical problem | any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion |
| a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms |
| (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease |
| the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents |