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Polish
Etymology
From odporny + -ość.
Pronunciation
Noun
odporność f (related adjective odpornościowy)
- (uncountable, physics) resistance, resilience, toughness, hardiness, endurance (physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity)
- Synonym: wytrzymałość
- (uncountable, neuroscience, psychology) resistance, resilience (mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness, or misfortune)
- (countable, immunology) immunity (protective resistance against disease)
- Synonym: obronność
- (uncountable, anatomy, immunology, colloquial) immune system (system that differentiates self from non-self and protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing an immune response; it includes organs such as the thymus, the spleen, and lymph nodes; tissue such as bone marrow, and lymphoid tissues such as the tonsils; cells such as lymphocytes including the B cells and T cells; and cell products such as antibodies)
- Synonyms: układ immunologiczny, układ odpornościowy
Declension
Further reading
- odporność in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- odporność in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- odporność in PWN's encyclopedia