radioresistant.

Able to withstand radiation exposure or its damaging effects comparatively well.

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Words that belong together

• radioresistant organisms
• radioresistant cells

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The radioresistant organisms survived a dose that destroyed the comparison culture.

Their radioresistant cells still accumulated damage under prolonged exposure.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Relational adjective; compare degree of resistance or deficiency explicitly rather than forcing a routine superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.