nonresistant

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Working with Valerie Kickhoefer in Rome’s lab, the group then found that the drug-resistant cancer cells generated many more vaults than nonresistant ones, suggesting the structures might sequester or expel chemotherapies.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 6, 2024

In patients infected with nonresistant strains of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis, antibiotics can relieve symptoms fast—in as short of a time as a few weeks.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Because this was a nonresistant “control” tree, she expected an orange infection to spread swiftly from the inoculation site and eventually encircle the small stem.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2020

"I have you there!" exclaimed the nonresistant with a toss of his head.

From The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)

When a rose is once established, its persistent roots may find means of boring through soil that in its first nonresistant state is impossible.

From The Garden, You, and I by Wright, Mabel Osgood