Penicillinase-resistant
I understand the meaning but often can't form compound adjective in my own writing and speech.
Is "penicillinase" a noun an enzyme and "resistant" an adjective and thus modifying the noun "penicillin"?
How do I infer the mean of the compound adjective?
For example, running-shoes: shoes for running
Penicillinase-resistant- how do we paraphrase the meaning?
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Jigneshbharati Penicillinase-resistant- how do we paraphrase the meaning? The suffixes -resistant and -proof are two degrees of prevention of damage to the head noun by an agent (water as the agent, and watch as the head noun in the phrase in water-proof watch ) . " Proof " means complete or total protection, and " resistant " means partial protection.
- Jigneshbharati Penicillinase-resistant- how do we paraphrase the meaning?
- The suffixes -resistant and -proof are two degrees of prevention of damage to the head noun by an agent (water as the agent, and watch as the head noun in the phrase in water-proof watch ) .
- " Proof " means complete or total protection, and " resistant " means partial protection.
- waterproof watch (Water will not damage or penetrate the watch - you can go swimming with this watch.
- water-resistant watch (Water will be stopped, to some degree from damaging the watch.
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JigneshbharatiPenicillinase-resistant- how do we paraphrase the meaning?
The suffixes -resistant and -proof are two degrees of prevention of damage to the head noun by an agent (water as the agent, and watch as the head noun in the phrase in water-proof watch) . "Proof" means complete or total protection, and "resistant" means
0JigneshbharatiPenicillinase-resistant- how do we paraphrase the meaning?
A penicillinase-resistant substance is a substance which resists the effects of penicillinase.
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