persister
/pəˈsɪstə/noun
1A person who persists in doing something; a persistent person.
2 Microbiology. A bacterium which continues to live in the presence of enough antibiotic to kill almost all members of its species.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in John Florio (1553–1625), author and teacher of languages. From persist + -er.
- Mediterranean Sea
- Mediterranean spotted fever
- Mediterranean-style
- Medithermal
- medium
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- medium-close shot
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- medium-dated
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